# Atlas Commons research objects — Medicare plans in Shoshone, Idaho (CY2026) — context brief

CMS CY2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D plans available in Shoshone, Idaho: 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:

- **13 Medicare plans are available in Shoshone, Idaho 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 Shoshone, Idaho range from $0.00/mo to $153.00/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 10 of 13 Medicare plans in Shoshone, Idaho (CY2026); average overall: 3.8 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 Shoshone, Idaho (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-plans/id/shoshone)

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

**Medicare plans in Shoshone, Idaho (CY2026) — all RECORDED/DETERMINATION** (13): H1302_004 — Secure Blue Courage (PPO) — MA — PPO — Blue Cross of Idaho — N/A — Not rated — 5200 — No; H1350_006 — True Blue Valor (HMO) — MA — HMO — Blue Cross of Idaho — N/A — 3.5 — 3000 — No; H1350_037 — True Blue Rx 37 (HMO) — MA-PD — HMO — Blue Cross of Idaho — 153 — 3.5 — 5900 — No…