***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDS, OCTOBER 16 AT 11:30 AM ET***
Open enrollment period runs through Dec. 7 and is more important now amid updates to cost-saving benefits
Detroit, Michigan – On Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 11:30 a.m., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm and U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Deputy Administrator and Center for Medicare Director Dr. Meena Seshamani, will hold a town hall in Detroit, encouraging seniors to sign up for cost-saving Medicare plans for 2025. Medicare’s open enrollment period, when seniors are eligible to choose the right plan and can make changes to their plan, begins Tuesday, Oct. 15, and runs through Dec. 7.
Deputy Secretary Palm and Deputy Administrator Seshamani will join Michigan Department of Insurance Financial Services Director Anita Fox, Detroit City Councilwoman Mary Waters and others.
The town hall forum will highlight the many new benefits of Medicare, including caps on out-of-pocket costs on prescription drugs and insulin, along with free recommended vaccines for people with Medicare prescription drug coverage. The new benefits are made possible by President Biden’s and Vice President Harris’ new lower cost prescription drug law, the Inflation Reduction Act.
PRESS CONFERENCE:
WHO:
Mary Waters, Detroit City Councilwoman
Andrea Palm, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Meena Seshamani, Deputy Administrator of U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Director of the Center for Medicare
Anita Fox, Director of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services
Denise Fair Razo, City of Detroit chief public health officer
WHAT: Town hall to inform seniors about the new benefits and importance of enrolling in Medicare during open enrollment
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Woodbridge Senior Village, 1200 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Detroit, MI 48201
CONTACT: Christopher Behnan, Byrum & Fisk Advocacy Communications, [email protected]
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