Act early to meet Medicare plan deadline
The Shreveport Times, October 26th, 2006
Review your current health-care benefits package and plan early.
That's the message the Council on Aging is urging local seniors to keep in mind.
The council is one of several local agencies providing assistance to
help them prepare for changes in Medicare Part D to take place Nov. 15.
"This is for anyone who has not yet signed up for Medicare Part D. Now
we might also have some new people that have just turned 65. If they
have turned 65 and have Medicare Plans A and B, this is the time to
sign up for Part D," explained Caddo Council on Aging Director Mary
Alice Rountree.
Rountree
explained that on the Nov. 15 date, eligible seniors can start signing
up or changing their current Medicare Part D plan.
"You'll also
have people who want to re-evaluate their current plan and say 'Is my
plan the best plan?' Many signed up in January and February and some
waited until May, so they only had six months on the plan," Rountree
said. "This time when they sign up in November, the changes will take
effect Jan. 1 and they will be on the plan for the entire year."
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