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Medicare Advantage plans are shutting down, leaving millions without coverage

Medicare open enrollment starts Thursday, Oct. 15. And for several million seniors across the country it will be especially important. That's because some insurers are shutting their Medicare Advantage plans, especially in rural areas.

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Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist and a host of NPR’s newsmagazine All Things Considered, as well as NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This.