{"id":31,"date":"2022-11-07T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/?p=31"},"modified":"2022-11-07T18:15:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:15:35","slug":"what-to-know-about-medicares-open-enrollment-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"What to Know About Medicare&#8217;s Open Enrollment Period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-821551442-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-821551442-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-821551442-300x200.jpg 300w, \/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-821551442-768x512.jpg 768w, \/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-821551442-600x400.jpg 600w, \/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-821551442-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first thing to know about Medicare\u2019s Open Enrollment Period is the date &#8211; it runs from October 15 through December 7. The changes that you make to your Medicare during this time will take effect on January 1, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What Changes Can You Make During Medicare\u2019s Open Enrollment Period?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of these changes include adding, dropping, or making changes to your Medicare Advantage or Part D prescription drug coverage. Some additional changes include switching from Orignal Medicare to Medicare Advantage, or vice versa. Some states also offer the option to buy a Medigap policy during the Open Enrollment Period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Use Medicare Open Enrollment Period as a Time to Review Your Current Coverage<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before getting switching up your coverage, it\u2019s important to look at what coverage you currently have and see if it\u2019s supporting your lifestyle. A good thing to note in particular is the changes to the plan\u2019s costs, the plan\u2019s benefits and coverage rules, and the plan\u2019s formulary. The formulary is the list of drugs that are covered in your plan. If you\u2019re making any changes to your Medicare Plan, make sure your drugs are still going to be covered, and that your providers and pharmacies are still in the plan\u2019s network.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to Make Changes to Your Medicare Coverage<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Services like MedicareInfo are here to help people understand these products and provide licensed insurance agents to assist in the decision-making process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Have Additional Questions? Avoid Confusion, Know Your Medicare Plan Options<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage (Part C), and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug plans available in a given area can be overwhelming. The purpose of this website is to give you access to a licensed insurance agent who can help provide you with information to make good decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first thing to know about Medicare\u2019s Open Enrollment Period is the date &#8211; it runs from October 15 through December 7. The changes that you make to your Medicare during this time will take effect on January 1, 2023.\u00a0 What Changes Can You Make During Medicare\u2019s Open Enrollment Period? Some of these changes include adding, dropping, or making changes to your Medicare Advantage or Part D prescription drug coverage. Some additional changes include switching from Orignal Medicare to Medicare Advantage, or vice versa. Some states also offer the option to buy a Medigap policy during the Open Enrollment Period.\u00a0 Use Medicare Open Enrollment Period as a Time to Review Your Current Coverage Before getting switching up your coverage, it\u2019s<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/?p=31\"> Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicareinfo.org\/articles\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}