Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plans Given High Ratings

Last week, Kaiser Permanente officials announced that CMS has given the health group's Medicare plans in California an overall rating of five out of five stars. Kaiser officials said that their Medicare parts C and D plans were the only ones in California to earn five stars. This is the second consecutive year that CMS has given the plans its highest possible rating, according to officials.

• "Kaiser Permanente's California Medicare Plans Win Praise Second Year Running" (Vallejo Times Herald, 10/18).