If you are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan or a stand-alone Part D drug plan, a notice that could reshape your 2027 health costs should reach your mailbox or inbox within days. Plans must send their Annual Notice of Change, known as the ANOC, by September 30, spelling out what will be different in premiums, drug coverage, and provider networks starting January 1.
This year the letter carries more weight than usual. Federal regulators are ending a temporary program that held down premiums for stand-alone drug plans in 2025 and 2026, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has said it will publish final 2027 plan premiums with its plan landscape in September.
