Medicare Part D
Enrollment Periods:
Medicare Open Enrollment Period
October 15–December 7
You can:
Change from Original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage Plan.
Change from a Medicare Advantage Plan back to Original Medicare.
Switch from one Medicare Advantage Plan to another Medicare Advantage Plan.
Switch from a Medicare Advantage Plan that doesn’t offer drug coverage to a Medicare Advantage Plan that offers drug coverage.
Switch from a Medicare Advantage Plan that offers drug coverage to a Medicare Advantage Plan that doesn’t offer drug coverage.
Join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
Switch from one Medicare Prescription Drug Plan to another Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
Drop your Medicare prescription drug coverage completely.
**These Changes will take place on January 1st**
Unenrollment Period
January 1–February 14
You can:
Leave your Medicare Advantage Plan and switch to Original Medicare. (Effective the 1st day of the following month.)
If you do switch to Original Medicare, you will only have until February 14 to join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan in order to add drug coverage. Your prescription drug coverage will begin the first day of the month after the plan gets your enrollment form.
You can not:
Switch from Original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage Plan.
Switch from one Medicare Advantage Plan to another.
Switch from one Medicare Prescription Drug Plan to another.
Join, switch, or drop a Medicare Medical Savings Account Plan.
Special Enrollment Periods:
**This is not a comprehensive listing, you should check with Medicare directly at 1-800-MEDICARE to see if your specific situatioapplies. You are also allowed to do different things in different situations, do not assume that all Special Enrollment Periods are the same.**
You can make changes to your Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug coverage when specific events take place.
Exapmles of special enrollment periods:
You move to a new address that isn’t in your plan’s service area.
You move to a new address that’s still in your plan’s service area, but you have new plan options in your new location.
You move back to the U.S. after living outside the country.
You just moved into, currently live in, or just moved out of an institution (like a skilled nursing facility or long-term care hospital).
You’re released from jail.
You can also find much more information about Special Enrollment periods at Medicare.gov's website.
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