More Than 4 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Will Have Their Medicare Advantage or Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plan Terminated at the End of 2026 Authors: Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Meredith Freed, Nancy Ochieng, and Juliette Cubanski Published: Oct 27, 2026

https://www.kff.org/medicare/more-than-4-million-medicare-beneficiaries-will-have-their-medicare-advantage-or-stand-alone-prescription-drug-plan-terminated-at-the-end-of-2026/ Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shows that 4.3 million Medicare beneficiaries, including 3.1 million Medicare Advantage drug plan enrollees and 1.2 million PDP enrollees, will have their plan terminated at the end of 2026. An additional 1.4 million Medicare Advantage enrollees are in a plan that is consolidating with another plan offered by the same insurer.