# Atlas Commons research objects — Medicare plans in Houghton, Michigan (CY2026) — context brief

CMS CY2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D plans available in Houghton, Michigan: 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:

- **18 Medicare plans are available in Houghton, Michigan 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 Houghton, Michigan range from $0.00/mo to $209.50/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 17 of 18 Medicare plans in Houghton, Michigan (CY2026); average overall: 4.0 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 Houghton, Michigan (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-plans/mi/houghton)

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

**Medicare plans in Houghton, Michigan (CY2026) — all RECORDED/DETERMINATION** (18): H3127_001 — Upper Peninsula Health Plan MI Coordinated Health (HMO D-SNP) — SNP — HMO D-SNP — Upper Peninsula Health Plan (UPHP) MI Coordinated Health — 8.8 — Not rated — 9250 — No; H5216_011 — Humana Full Access H5216-011 (PPO) — MA-PD — PPO — Humana — 18 — 3.5 — 5700 — No; H5216_190 — Humana USAA Honor Giveback (PPO) — MA — PPO — Humana — N/A — 3.5 — 6550 — No…