# Atlas Commons research objects — Medicare plans in Madera, California (CY2026) — context brief

CMS CY2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D plans available in Madera, California: plan count (AGGREGATED), premium range (RECORDED from CMS Landscape Files), CMS star ratings (DETERMINATION — CMS-issued institutional quality rating), and epistemic boundary (INTERPRETATION). Premiums are base plan premiums; actual cost depends on Part B premium, IRMAA, and LIS. Star ratings are CMS quality scores. This surface informs; it does not rank or advise. Use medicare.gov/plan-compare to enroll. CC0.

Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify:

- **45 Medicare plans are available in Madera, California for contract year 2026** — DERIVED · CMS CY2026 Medicare Landscape Files (https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-drug-plans/medicare-advantage/plan-information/plan-information)
- **Monthly premiums for Medicare plans in Madera, California range from $0.00/mo to $89.00/mo (CY2026)** — RECORDED · CMS CY2026 Medicare Landscape Files (https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-drug-plans/medicare-advantage/plan-information/plan-information)
- **CMS assigned star ratings to 37 of 45 Medicare plans in Madera, California (CY2026); average overall: 3.6 stars** — PROJECTED · CMS CY2026 Medicare Landscape Files (https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-drug-plans/medicare-advantage/plan-information/plan-information)
- **What these Medicare plan figures are — and are NOT — for Madera, California (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-plans/ca/madera)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-plans/ca/madera.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Medicare plans in Madera, California (CY2026) — all RECORDED/DETERMINATION** (45): H0524_038 — Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage Enhanced Fresno (HMO) — MA-PD — HMO — Kaiser Permanente — 89 — 4.5 — 2900 — No; H0524_046 — Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage Basic Fresno (HMO) — MA-PD — HMO — Kaiser Permanente — 24 — 4.5 — 4900 — No; H0543_035 — AARP Medicare Advantage from UHC CA-0005 (HMO-POS) — MA-PD — HMO-POS — UnitedHealthcare — 59 — 4 — 6700 — No…