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

Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Secure is not offered in 2027

H9706Contract005Plan

HMO · served 73 counties in Texas in 2026

Run by Hcsc Insurance Services Company (contract H9706), sold as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, owned by Health Care Service Corporation

CMS crosswalk: not offered in 2027

Not offered in 2027

Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Secure (H9706-005) is not offered in 2027: the CMS plan crosswalk of October 1, 2026 lists it as terminated, so its coverage ends December 31, 2026. The plan's $100 eyewear allowance end with it; other plans sold in its counties may offer them (each county page lists the 2027 plans). 1,472 people were enrolled in it in September 2026. They can choose another plan during open enrollment, October 15 to December 7, 2026, to have no gap (or by the end of February, with coverage from the first of the next month); anyone who does not join another plan before it ends moves to Original Medicare, without a drug plan unless they join one (members with Extra Help or full Medicaid are enrolled in one by Medicare).

What do members lose for 2027?

The plan's 2026 amounts; it has none for 2027 under this ID.
What you pay or get20262027Change
Monthly premium$0not offeredplan ends
In-network out-of-pocket limit$4,200not offeredplan ends
Eyewear, yearly limit$100 a yearnot offeredplan ends
Counties served73noneplan ends

Source: CMS plan crosswalk from 2026 to 2027 (Oct. 1, 2026); CMS monthly enrollment by plan and by county, September 2026 (CMS hides counts under 11); 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.

What can members do, and by when?

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; if you have Extra Help or full Medicaid, Medicare enrolls you in a drug plan automatically.
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 choose Original Medicare
You have a guaranteed right to buy Medigap Plan A, B, C, D, F, G, K or L sold in your state by any insurance company; if you were new to Medicare on or after January 1, 2020, Plans D and G take the place of C and F. Apply from 60 days before to 63 days after the plan ends; the policy starts once your Medicare Advantage coverage ends. Other Medigap plans are not covered by this right.
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”, “When can I buy a Medigap policy?” and “Help with drug costs” (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 73 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. 2026
Harris, TX401
Williamson, TX181
Galveston, TX105
Tom Green, TX82
Hays, TX75
Brazoria, TX70
Lubbock, TX61
Bastrop, TX47
Midland, TX39
Caldwell, TX25
Nueces, TX25
Lee, TX23
Burnet, TX22
Randall, TX19
Waller, TX18
Yoakum, TX18
Mitchell, TX17
Matagorda, TX16
Donley, TX15
Potter, TX14
Runnels, TX14
Young, TX14
Hockley, TX13
Howard, TX13
Andrews, TXfewer than 11
Aransas, TXfewer than 11
Armstrong, TXfewer than 11
Baylor, TXfewer than 11
Bee, TXfewer than 11
Borden, TXfewer than 11
Briscoe, TXfewer than 11
Calhoun, TXfewer than 11
Carson, TXfewer than 11
Castro, TXfewer than 11
Childress, TXfewer than 11
Coke, TXfewer than 11
Coleman, TXfewer than 11
Crane, TXfewer than 11
Crosby, TXfewer than 11
Dawson, TXfewer than 11
Dickens, TXfewer than 11
Fisher, TXfewer than 11
Floyd, TXfewer than 11
Foard, TXfewer than 11
Garza, TXfewer than 11
Glasscock, TXfewer than 11
Hall, TXfewer than 11
Hansford, TXfewer than 11
Hardeman, TXfewer than 11
Hartley, TXfewer than 11
Haskell, TXfewer than 11
Hutchinson, TXfewer than 11
Irion, TXfewer than 11
Jim Wells, TXfewer than 11
Kent, TXfewer than 11
King, TXfewer than 11
Kleberg, TXfewer than 11
Knox, TXfewer than 11
Lamb, TXfewer than 11
Live Oak, TXfewer than 11
Martin, TXfewer than 11
Moore, TXfewer than 11
Motley, TXfewer than 11
Oldham, TXfewer than 11
Reagan, TXfewer than 11
Roberts, TXfewer than 11
Sherman, TXfewer than 11
Stephens, TXfewer than 11
Sterling, TXfewer than 11
Stonewall, TXfewer than 11
Swisher, TXfewer than 11
Terry, TXfewer than 11
Upton, TXfewer than 11

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

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