# Atlas Commons research objects — Medicare plans in Beadle, South Dakota (CY2026) — context brief

CMS CY2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D plans available in Beadle, South Dakota: 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:

- **16 Medicare plans are available in Beadle, South Dakota 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 Beadle, South Dakota range from $0.00/mo to $334.70/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 16 of 16 Medicare plans in Beadle, South Dakota (CY2026); average overall: 3.7 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 Beadle, South Dakota (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-plans/sd/beadle)

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

**Medicare plans in Beadle, South Dakota (CY2026) — all RECORDED/DETERMINATION** (16): H1608_061 — Aetna Medicare Eagle (PPO) — MA — PPO — Aetna Medicare — N/A — 3.5 — 6750 — No; H1608_062 — Aetna Medicare Dual (PPO D-SNP) — SNP — PPO D-SNP — Aetna Medicare — 41.5 — 3.5 — 9250 — No; H1608_119 — Aetna Medicare Enhanced Extra (PPO) — MA-PD — PPO — Aetna Medicare — 52 — 3.5 — 5000 — No…