Medicare agency recalling thousands of furloughed staffers for open enrollment

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is temporarily calling backmost each furloughed unit starting adjacent week, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday.  Open enrollment for accepted Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans began Oct. 15, portion the national Affordable Care Act marketplace starts Nov. 1.  According to the Department of Health and Human Services shutdown plan, 47 percent of CMS…