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Medicare Enrollment

Mastering Your Medicare Initial Enrollment Period

The Medicare Initial Enrollment Period (IEP) is a critical time that can significantly impact your healthcare coverage and costs for...

Signing Up for Medicare Advantage

Everything You Need to Know Many things have changed since Medicare Part C was formally introduced by legislation in 1997....

When to Enroll & Change Medicare Supplement Plans

Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap or MedSup), sold by private companies, helps pay some health care costs that Original Medicare (Part...

Does Medicare Automatically Renew? 

Continuity in healthcare remains one of the most important factors in the success of preventive medicine and effective treatment for...

Navigating the Annual Enrollment Period: A Medicare Guide

Navigating healthcare can feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to Medicare. The annual enrollment period (AEP) often needs to be...

Are There Reasons to Delay Medicare Benefits?

Enrolling in Medicare is something that most people will do at some point, and the benefits of being a Medicare...

Retiring at 67? Understanding Your Medicare Benefits

For anyone born after 1960 or after, the full retirement age is 67. This is the age that you will...

Retiring at 70? Understanding Your Medicare Benefits

After looking back at your career and at all your options for the future, you may decide that retiring at...

Retiring under the age of 65? Understanding Your Medicare Benefits

Retirement is on the minds of most everybody from the day they start working, and some people have the desire...

When is the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period?

If you are closing in on 65 years old, it may be time to start thinking about enrolling in Medicare....

What Does Medicare Open Enrollment Mean?

Medicare enrollment typically begins at age 65, or under the age of 65 if an individual qualifies because of certain...

What is Medicare Open Enrollment?

Understanding Medicare’s enrollment periods for eligible recipients can help you plan for the future. Enrollment periods will allow you to...

Is Medicare Affected if I Move?

If you are thinking about moving to a different state, or outside your current Medicare service area, you many have...

When Can I Change My Prescription Drug Coverage?

Whether you have coverage through a standalone Part D prescription drug plan (PDP) or a Medicare Advantage plan paired with...

When Can I Enroll in Part D?

Enrolling in Medicare is an important step for many people in protecting their health and their finances as they age....