Medicare Enrollment Periods for Plan Year 2012

August 25, 2011
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This year changes have been made to the Medicare Enrollment Periods.  What is a Medicare Enrollment Period?  If you are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan or a Prescription Drug Plan, there are only certain periods during the year in which you may make changes to your plans.  Baring any special circumstances these periods are as follow:

• Annual Election Period: Oct 15th - Dec 7th. During this period you may enroll or disenroll from a Medicare Advantage Plan or a Prescription Drug Plan. All changes during this time will be effective Jan 1st.


• Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period: Jan 1st - Feb 14th. During this time period you may only disenroll from a Medicare Advantage Plan and return to Original Medicare. You may add a Prescription Drug Plan to replace the drug coverage that your Medicare Advantage Plan afforded.

There are small nuances to the above periods, as well as many other "Special Election Periods" If you feel that you may have a special circumstance that would allow you to enroll or disenroll from a Medicare Advantage Plan or Prescription Drug Plan and you would like to speak with us more about your potential options, please feel free to call (800-817-98223) or email (info@tweedyinsurancegroup.com) us anytime.

Article originally appeared on Tweedy Insurance Group (http://tweedyinsurancegroup.squarespace.com/).