Medicare's CostFinder is actually steering users wrong an alarmingpercentage of the time—with cost estimates that aren't accurate anderror-ridden coverage specifics. (Image: Shutterstock)

So it appears that it's open season on more than health plan enrollment. Seniors are in thefiring line too, after a Trump administration redesign of theonline Medicare Cost Finder has been found to provide seniors withthe wrong information that provides faulty data not just onplans—but on their costs as well.

ProPublica reports that the $11 million tool, which wassupposed to help seniors navigate the complex waters of availableMedicare plans, is actually steering them wrong an alarmingpercentage of the time—with cost estimates that aren't accurate anderror-ridden coverage specifics.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.

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