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Plan year 2026 · coverage ends Dec. 31, 2026CMS crosswalk of Oct. 1, 2026

Wellcare Dual Liberty is not offered under this ID in 2027

H0174Contract006Plan

HMO D-SNP · served 45 counties in Texas in 2026

Run by Wellcare of Texas, Inc. (contract H0174), sold as Wellcare, owned by Centene Corporation

CMS crosswalk: members move into one of 4 plans in 38 of its 45 counties; in the others the plan ends

Folds in part

Wellcare Dual Liberty (H0174-006) is not offered under this ID in 2027. The CMS plan crosswalk of October 1, 2026 moves its members into 4 2027 plans, each sold in part of its area (listed below), in the 38 counties where they are sold (6,292 members in September 2026). In its other 7 counties (608 members) there is no plan to move into: coverage ends December 31, 2026, and members there need to choose a new plan (counties with fewer than 11 members are not counted).

What changes for its members, plan by plan?

In 2026 the plan cost $4.80 a month with a $9,250 in-network limit. Each row compares that with one of the 2027 plans its members move into.

2027 planPremium 2027Premium changeLimit 2027Limit changePart B reduction
4 plans: H0174-023, H0174-025, H0174-026, H0174-027$0down $4.80$9,850up $600none

Source: CMS plan crosswalk from 2026 to 2027 (Oct. 1, 2026); CMS Medicare Advantage and Part D landscape files for 2027 (Sept. 22, 2026, revised Sept. 30) and 2026 (Sept. 2, 2026 revision); CMS plan benefit package files, 2027 and 2026. Each plan's own page compares every line; your Annual Notice of Change names your 2027 plan; confirm on Medicare Plan Finder.

Which 2027 plans do its members move into?

The crosswalk names the plans but not which member goes to which; the counties show where each is sold, and your Annual Notice of Change names yours.

2027 planSold inIts members there, Sept. 2026Premium 2027Limit 2027
Wellcare Superior HealthPlan Dual Liberty SyncH0174-0231 of its counties235$0$9,850
Wellcare Superior HealthPlan Dual Liberty SyncH0174-0256 of its counties177$0$9,850
Wellcare Superior HealthPlan Dual Liberty SyncH0174-0267 of its counties193$0$9,850
Wellcare Superior HealthPlan Dual LibertyH0174-02724 of its counties5,687$0$9,850

Source: CMS plan crosswalk from 2026 to 2027 (Oct. 1, 2026); CMS Medicare Advantage and Part D landscape files for 2027 (Sept. 22, 2026, revised Sept. 30) and 2026 (Sept. 2, 2026 revision); CMS monthly enrollment by plan and by county, September 2026 (CMS hides counts under 11).

What can members do, and by when?

If you live in Austin (TX), Bell (TX), Bexar (TX), Brown (TX), Callahan (TX), Chambers (TX), Collin (TX), Comal (TX), Comanche (TX), Cooke (TX), Denton (TX), Eastland (TX), El Paso (TX), Fort Bend (TX), Frio (TX), Guadalupe (TX), Hardin (TX), Harris (TX), Jackson (TX), Jefferson (TX), Johnson (TX), Kerr (TX), Liberty (TX), Live Oak (TX), McLennan (TX), Milam (TX), Montgomery (TX), Newton (TX), Orange (TX), Polk (TX), San Jacinto (TX), Tarrant (TX), Taylor (TX), Tom Green (TX), Walker (TX), Waller (TX), Washington (TX), Wharton (TX)

If you do nothing
You are moved into one of the 2027 plans above on January 1, 2027. Your Annual Notice of Change names it.
October 15 to December 7, 2026
Open enrollment: choose another Medicare Advantage plan, or Original Medicare with a drug plan, instead.

If you live in Bastrop (TX), Caldwell (TX), Galveston (TX), Hays (TX), Matagorda (TX), Travis (TX), Williamson (TX)

Your coverage
Ends December 31, 2026: none of its 2027 plans is sold where you live.
October 15 to December 7, 2026
Open enrollment: join another Medicare Advantage plan, or Original Medicare with a drug plan. Coverage starts January 1, 2027.
December 8, 2026 to the end of February 2027
A special enrollment period because the plan is leaving: you can still join a plan, but coverage starts the first day of the month after you join, so choose by December 31 to have no gap.
If you do nothing
You are enrolled in Original Medicare when the plan ends, without a drug plan unless you join one (with Extra Help or full Medicaid, Medicare enrolls you in one).
Without a drug plan
Going 63 days or more in a row without drug coverage can mean a late enrollment penalty if you join a drug plan later; joining by the end of February keeps a January and February gap under 63 days, waiting longer does not.
If you have Medicaid or Extra Help
You can switch to a different drug plan, or leave a Medicare Advantage plan for Original Medicare with a drug plan, once a calendar month; the change starts the first day of the next month.

Source: Medicare.gov, “Special enrollment periods” and “Joining a plan” (read Oct. 7, 2026).

Where did its members live?

Where its members lived in September 2026; each county and state page lists the 2027 plans sold there.

All 45 counties, most members first; CMS hides counts under 11 per county, so the counties add up to a little less than the plan's total
CountyMembers, Sept. 2026For 2027
Harris, TX2,189moves into H0174-027
Bexar, TX1,304moves into H0174-027
Tarrant, TX586moves into H0174-027
El Paso, TX406moves into H0174-027
Jefferson, TX302moves into H0174-027
Travis, TX263plan ends here
Fort Bend, TX238moves into H0174-027
Collin, TX235moves into H0174-023
Galveston, TX163plan ends here
Montgomery, TX111moves into H0174-027
Denton, TX105moves into H0174-027
Bell, TX86moves into H0174-025
Williamson, TX80plan ends here
Brown, TX68moves into H0174-026
Guadalupe, TX61moves into H0174-027
Liberty, TX59moves into H0174-027
McLennan, TX59moves into H0174-025
Orange, TX58moves into H0174-027
Taylor, TX54moves into H0174-026
Tom Green, TX46moves into H0174-026
Show the other 25 counties
CountyMembers, Sept. 2026For 2027
Comal, TX43moves into H0174-027
Polk, TX37moves into H0174-027
Hays, TX33plan ends here
Newton, TX31moves into H0174-027
Matagorda, TX28plan ends here
Johnson, TX27moves into H0174-027
Hardin, TX25moves into H0174-027
Bastrop, TX23plan ends here
Walker, TX21moves into H0174-027
Caldwell, TX18plan ends here
Milam, TX17moves into H0174-025
San Jacinto, TX17moves into H0174-027
Chambers, TX15moves into H0174-027
Comanche, TX15moves into H0174-025
Wharton, TX15moves into H0174-027
Austin, TX14moves into H0174-027
Callahan, TX14moves into H0174-026
Waller, TX12moves into H0174-027
Kerr, TX11moves into H0174-026
Live Oak, TX11moves into H0174-027
Cooke, TXfewer than 11moves into H0174-027
Eastland, TXfewer than 11moves into H0174-026
Frio, TXfewer than 11moves into H0174-026
Jackson, TXfewer than 11moves into H0174-025
Washington, TXfewer than 11moves into H0174-025

Source: CMS monthly enrollment by plan and by county, September 2026 (CMS hides counts under 11).

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