{"id":18952,"date":"2021-10-14T10:54:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18952"},"modified":"2021-10-14T10:54:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:54:39","slug":"medicares-annual-enrollment-period-start-doing-your-research-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18952","title":{"rendered":"Medicare\u2019s Annual Enrollment Period, start doing your research now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a misconception that you can switch your Medicare plan anytime you want; that is incorrect. Most people who want to change health plans must wait for the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP), which runs from October 15 to December 7 each year. Since this opportunity to make changes for most individuals comes just once a year, it is important to plan. David Olsen outlines seven steps that you should take to prepare for AEP. Read Mr. Olsen\u2019s article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/retirement\/medicare\/603595\/7-things-you-can-do-now-to-prepare-for-medicares-annual-enrollment\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17863\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg 1219w\" 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>There is a misconception that you can switch your Medicare plan anytime you want; that is incorrect. Most people who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18952","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=18952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18953,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18952\/revisions\/18953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}