# Atlas Commons research objects — Medicare plans in Pulaski, Virginia (CY2026) — context brief

CMS CY2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D plans available in Pulaski, Virginia: 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:

- **63 Medicare plans are available in Pulaski, Virginia 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 Pulaski, Virginia range from $0.00/mo to $255.00/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 42 of 63 Medicare plans in Pulaski, Virginia (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 Pulaski, Virginia (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-plans/va/pulaski)

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

**Medicare plans in Pulaski, Virginia (CY2026) — all RECORDED/DETERMINATION** (63): H0421_001 — UHC Dual Complete VA-Y4 (PPO D-SNP) — SNP — PPO D-SNP — UnitedHealthcare — 24.6 — Not rated — 9250 — No; H1610_001 — Aetna Medicare FIDE (HMO D-SNP) — SNP — HMO D-SNP — Aetna Better Health of Virginia — 3.6 — 3 — 9250 — No; H2001_098 — AARP Medicare Advantage from UHC VA-0006 (PPO) — MA-PD — PPO — UnitedHealthcare — 0 — 4.5 — 8300 — No…