Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older and younger people with certain disabilities and End Stage Renal Disease.
Understanding Medicare may be confusing for some people, but the good news is you can learn everything you need to know about Medicare online — from the different parts of Medicare, to the benefits offered, to enrollment.
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Medicare is made up of four parts: Part A, Part B, Part C and Part D.
Some people are automatically enrolled in Medicare and do not have to worry about manually enrolling the program. You will automatically be enrolled in Medicare Part A and Part B and receive your Medicare card in the mail three months before your 65th birthday or on your 25th month of disability if:
If you aren’t automatically enrolled in Medicare, you’ll need to actively enroll yourself during your initial enrollment period (IEP).
Your IEP begins three months before your birthday month, includes your birthday month, and ends three months later.
If you don’t sign up on time, you could incur a late enrollment penalty, so it’s important to determine when you are eligible. You can learn more about Medicare eligibility and enrolling in Medicare online through the Social Security Administration’s website.
If you want to enroll in a Medicare Advantage Plan (Medicare Part C) or a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan online, you can get started by comparing plans on our site or by calling a licensed insurance agent today.
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Christian Worstell is a senior Medicare and health insurance writer with MedicareAdvantage.com. He is also a licensed health insurance agent. Christian is well-known in the insurance industry for the thousands of educational articles he’s written, helping Americans better understand their health insurance and Medicare coverage.
Christian’s work as a Medicare expert has appeared in several top-tier and trade news outlets including Forbes, MarketWatch, WebMD and Yahoo! Finance.
Christian has written hundreds of articles for MedicareAvantage.com that teach Medicare beneficiaries the best practices for navigating Medicare. His articles are read by thousands of older Americans each month. By better understanding their health care coverage, readers may hopefully learn how to limit their out-of-pocket Medicare spending and access quality medical care.
Christian’s passion for his role stems from his desire to make a difference in the senior community. He strongly believes that the more beneficiaries know about their Medicare coverage, the better their overall health and wellness is as a result.
A current resident of Raleigh, Christian is a graduate of Shippensburg University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
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