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A huge Medicare Part D Update for 2020. This is very important for anyone that used Medicare’s Part D Plan Finder when shopping for their Medicare Part D plan for 2020. In October, Medicare decided to roll out a new and “improved” Part D Plan Finder on their website on October 1st, 2019 only two weeks before the Annual Enrollment period. Unfortunately, the information in the Plan Finder was found to be conflicting with the information from the Part D carriers. Zip codes were incorrect, pharmacies, the premiums but most importantly the costs of the medications. There were numerous errors with their system. Unfortunately, anyone that was shopping for their Part D plan without the assistance of an agent or broker wouldn’t know if there were errors in the system and took their information as gospel. This has resulted in many seniors with the wrong Part D plan. Luckily, Medicare has admitted the mistake and has allowed a Special Election Period under this specific circumstance. On Medicare’s website it reads: “If