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Even If You Already Have Medicare, Don’t You Dare Skip Open Enrollment

Medicare Open Enrollment is here! It's your chance to review your coverage and see if you can save money next year. This is the period when you can make changes to your health care coverage that best suit your needs. While it’s common for seniors to assume they’re fine to keep the same coverage each year, this can be a costly mistake.

Each year, from Oct. 15 until Dec. 7, enrollees can:

  • Switch to an Advantage Plan from original Medicare (Part A hospital coverage and Part B outpatient coverage);
  • Switch to original Medicare from an Advantage Plan;
  • Move from one Advantage Plan to

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