Medicare Advantage has a Special one that allows you to Join a Medicare Advantage Plan Year Round.
It's called the 5 Star Enrollment period...I want to join a plan with a 5-star quality rating...
What can I do?
If a Medicare Advantage Plan, Medicare drug plan, or Medicare Cost Plan with a 5-star rating is available in your area, you can use the 5-star Special Enrollment Period to switch from your current Medicare plan to a Medicare plan with a “5-star” quality rating. What does a "5-star" quality rating mean? If you move from a Medicare Advantage Plan that includes prescription drug coverage to a stand-alone Medicare drug plan, you’ll be disenrolled from your Medicare Advantage Plan, including the health benefit. You’ll be returned to Original Medicare for coverage of your health services. You can only switch to a 5-star Medicare drug plan if one is available in your area. If you move from a Medicare Advantage Plan that has drug coverage to a 5‑star Medicare Advantage Plan that doesn’t have drug coverage, you may lose your prescription drug coverage. You’ll have to wait until your next enrollment opportunity to get drug coverage, and you may have to pay a Part D late enrollment penalty.
When? You can use this Special Enrollment Period only once between December 8 and November 30 the following yea
Medicare Advantage has a Special one that allows you to Join a Medicare Advantage Plan Year Round.
It's called the 5 Star Enrollment period...I want to join a plan with a 5-star quality rating...
What can I do?
If a Medicare Advantage Plan, Medicare drug plan, or Medicare Cost Plan with a 5-star rating is available in your area, you can use the 5-star Special Enrollment Period to switch from your current Medicare plan to a Medicare plan with a “5-star” quality rating. What does a "5-star" quality rating mean? If you move from a Medicare Advantage Plan that includes prescription drug coverage to a stand-alone Medicare drug plan, you’ll be disenrolled from your Medicare Advantage Plan, including the health benefit. You’ll be returned to Original Medicare for coverage of your health services. You can only switch to a 5-star Medicare drug plan if one is available in your area. If you move from a Medicare Advantage Plan that has drug coverage to a 5‑star Medicare Advantage Plan that doesn’t have drug coverage, you may lose your prescription drug coverage. You’ll have to wait until your next enrollment opportunity to get drug coverage, and you may have to pay a Part D late enrollment penalty.
When? You can use this Special Enrollment Period only once between December 8 and November 30 the following yea