CMS quietly ended the Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration in a technical fact sheet. The standalone PDP market shrank from 709 plans to 360. CY 2027 is the first year it runs without a cushion.
The 2027 base premium is 41.33 dollars. The average bid is 296.05 dollars. Beneficiaries are paying roughly 14 cents on the dollar of actual plan cost. The…
