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Open enrollment 2027

Medicare Advantage in North Carolina, county by county.

88 of 100 counties have a page with their 2027 plans, the plans that end and who must pick a new plan. 1,334,229 people in the state had an individual Medicare Advantage plan in October 2026.

Sources: CMS CY2027 and CY2026 plan files, CMS CPSC enrollment October 2026, CMS 2027 Plan Crosswalk (October 1, 2026). Smaller counties open in the free lookup instead.

Counties

All states. Agents can get every county in one file with the AEP 2027 County Kit.