{
  "id": 14531938,
  "title": "Medicare Advantage plans are shutting down, leaving millions without coverage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/medicare-advantage-plans-are-shutting-down-leaving-millions-without",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-14T20:27:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR Health",
    "slug": "npr-health",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/10/14/nx-s1-6000366/medicare-advantage-plans-are-shutting-down-leaving-millions-without-coverage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}