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Navigating Medicare Enrollment Periods: A Complete Guide to Timing Your Enrollment
Choosing the right Medicare plan can feel like navigating a maze, especially when you’re trying to understand the ins and...
Medicare Initial Enrollment Period (IEP): The Complete Guide
Medicare’s Initial Enrollment Period (IEP) is a rude awakening for millions of Americans. Whether you’re celebrating a 65th birthday or...
Navigating the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period: A Guide
Medicare Annual Enrollment Period – it’s that time of year again. You know, the one where you try to decipher...
Open Enrollment Period
What is the Medicare Open Enrollment Period? During the Medicare Open Enrollment Period (OEP), Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D...
Special Enrollment Period
What are Medicare Special Enrollment Periods? Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs) allow beneficiaries to change their Medicare Advantage plans or Medicare...
General Enrollment Period
What is the Medicare General Enrollment Period? Medicare’s General Enrollment Period (GEP) allows beneficiaries to enroll in Medicare Part A...
Enrollment Periods
What are the Medicare Enrollment Periods? Enrollment periods are designated time periods to enroll or disenroll from the various parts...
Documentation Required for Medicare in United States in 2024
To sign up for Medicare in the United States of America, you must prove that you are eligible. To do...
Can I Sign Up for Medicare If I Have Employer Health Insurance?
Your employment and access to employer health insurance have no bearing on your qualification for Medicare or your ability to...
Mistake #2: Forgetting to Sign Up for Medicare at Age 65
Most people should sign up for Medicare three months prior to their 65th birthday. You can delay enrolling if you...
Can You Get On Medicare At Age 62 or Younger?
As a general rule, you can’t get Medicare at age 62. However, three situations may allow you to have Medicare...
When Can I Switch from Medicare Advantage to Medigap?
If you are new to Medicare and joined a Medicare Advantage plan, you have a 1-year trial right. During this...
Can You Get Medicare without Social Security?
Medicare without Social Security Medicare and Social Security benefits are no longer linked. In the past, both benefits were automatic...
Navigating the Medigap Open Enrollment Period: Key Tips
You are getting ready to turn 65 and enroll in Medicare Part B. You want to make sure you have...
How Do I Switch from Medicare Advantage to Medigap?
Many people get into a Medicare Advantage plan believing it will cost less than Original Medicare. For some people, it...
Mistake #3: Not Signing Up If You Are Still Working
In our second article in the Medicare Mistakes Series, we discussed why it is a mistake not to enroll in...
When Can You Change Your Medicare Plan?
Most people can change their Medicare health coverage and Medicare drug coverage during three different enrollment periods. Each period has...
When Does Medicare Start? 7 Important Facts You Need to Know.
Medicare is the government medical insurance plan for older Americans and people with certain disabilities. As of 2022, more than...
When Can I Enroll in a Medicare Advantage Plan?
When Can You Sign Up For Medicare Advantage Plans? Medicare Advantage (aka, Medicare Part C) and Medicare Part D plans have...
Medicare Star Ratings: What They Mean & How to Use Them
Have you ever wondered what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) star ratings mean and how to use them to choose a health...
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