{"id":17284,"date":"2020-12-07T11:20:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17284"},"modified":"2020-12-07T11:20:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:20:11","slug":"medicare-annual-election-period-is-different-from-medigap-open-enrollment-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17284","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Annual Election Period is different from Medigap Open Enrollment Period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people are confused with the Medicare Annual Election Period (AEP) and Medigap Open Enrollment Period.\u00a0 During AEP you can join, change or leave your Part D drug plan or Medicare Advantage; however, it is not the time to enroll or change your Medigap policy.\u00a0 Beneficiaries have a one-time, six-month Medigap Open Enrollment Period, starting with your Medicare Part B effective date during which you can enroll in a Medigap plan with no health questions asked; after that, insures may turn down your application, charge you more on the basis of illness you\u2019ve had in the past, or exclude coverage for some preexisting conditions for several months. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncnewsonline.com\/news\/lifestyles\/when-is-the-best-time-to-buy-a-medigap-plan\/article_b0f262da-fa96-5529-9770-a9ba29b1d6fd.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7924\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people are confused with the Medicare Annual Election Period (AEP) and Medigap Open Enrollment Period.\u00a0 During AEP you can<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,46,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17285,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17284\/revisions\/17285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}