State guide · Maine · 2027 plan year
Original Medicare vs Medicare Advantage in Maine
Medicare Advantage plans differ from county to county. Each guide below lists the 2027 plans on this site for one county, next to Original Medicare with Medigap: premiums, the yearly limit, star ratings, prior authorization, and the yearly cost.
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In Maine, you can count on Medigap Plan A later, but not other plans
You can buy any Medigap plan with no health questions in the 6 months that start when you are 65 or older and have Part B. After that, Maine makes each Medigap company sell you Plan A without health questions during one month each year. For other plans, a company can ask about your health and can say no.
One exception is the trial right. If you joined Medicare Advantage when you first got Medicare at 65, or you left a Medigap plan to try Medicare Advantage for the first time, you can switch back within 36 months. Then you can buy a Medigap plan with no health questions.
Read about Medigap rights on Medicare.govCounties with a guide in Maine
16 local guides. The number shows the 2027 Medicare Advantage plans in each guide.
- Androscoggin County20 plans
- Aroostook County13 plans
- Cumberland County22 plans
- Franklin County17 plans
- Hancock County10 plans
- Kennebec County23 plans
- Knox County18 plans
- Lincoln County19 plans
- Oxford County17 plans
- Penobscot County18 plans
- Piscataquis County11 plans
- Sagadahoc County18 plans
- Somerset County9 plans
- Waldo County17 plans
- Washington County11 plans
- York County22 plans
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A higher drug plan premium is not, by itself, a reason to switch
With Original Medicare, you buy a separate drug plan. In Maine, 8 drug plans are for sale for 2027, from $5.30 to $175.80 a month. Half of them cost $37.70 a month or less.
- Every 2027 drug plan limits what you pay for covered drugs to $2,400 a year. The drug coverage in Medicare Advantage plans has the same limit.
- The premium is one part of your yearly cost. Each county guide adds premiums, medical costs, and drug costs, so you can see the whole year.
- A Medicare Advantage plan can cost less in a light year. But you also take on its network and prior authorization rules, and you may not be able to get Medigap later.
- If your income is limited, Extra Help can pay most of your drug plan premium and drug costs. Check Extra Help at SSA.gov
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Sources and method
Plan data comes from the CMS 2027 Plan Benefit Package and landscape files. The data is from 2026-10-10. Drug plan premiums come from the CMS 2027 landscape file for Maine.
These are estimates, not quotes, and they are for education only. Check every number with Medicare and with the plan before you choose. What you pay depends on your doctors and hospitals, your drugs and pharmacy, and the care you use. Plans can change their benefits, premiums, drug lists, and networks each year.
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