How This Site Is Funded

Last updated October 31, 2026

This site is free, has no ads and doesn't sell anything. One person runs it and pays its costs. Readers who find it useful can help with a donation.

Why We Ask

Keeping this site right takes steady work. CMS posts new plan files and corrections through the fall. Each one means rebuilding the answers for every county and checking them again before anything changes on the site. The site also has small costs, like its web address and the software used to build and check it.

Donations from readers help cover that time and those costs. They let the site do that without taking money from the companies whose plans it reports on.

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Where We Draw the Line

We accept donations from individuals, and grants from groups that don't sell or market Medicare plans. We don't accept money from insurance companies, insurance agents or brokers, or anyone else who sells or markets Medicare plans. If we find a donation from one of them, we give it back.

A donation doesn't change anything on the site. It doesn't change any answer, the order of plans or the wording, and donors don't get special data or early access. There are no ads, affiliate links or referral fees, and we don't sell leads or data.

Good to Know Before You Donate

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Grants

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