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The North Carolina State Health Plan board of trustees voted in early June to raise out-of-pocket costs for retirees on Medicare Advantage plans starting in 2027. The changes drew pushback from retiree advocates who say fixed-income members can\u2019t absorb the increases.<\/p>\n

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North Carolina retirees on Humana Medicare Advantage will see higher out-of-pocket maximums and larger copays in 2027, affecting roughly 176,800 members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"\nNC\u2019s retired state workers face higher health costs in 2027. 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