{"id":24454,"date":"2025-06-03T08:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24454"},"modified":"2025-06-03T08:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:49:23","slug":"when-is-the-medicare-initial-enrollment-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24454","title":{"rendered":"When is the Medicare initial enrollment period?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Medicare initial enrollment period (IEP) occurs three months before your 65th birthday, the month of your 65th birthday, and the three months after your 65th birthday. You can enroll in Original Medicare, which includes Parts A and Part B. Once you enroll in Original Medicare, you may also enroll in Medicare Part D, and you may choose to join a Medicare Advantage (Part C) plan during that time. James Sullivan, writing for Healthline, discusses when the Medicare IEP begins, when coverage starts, and what plans you can enroll in. Read Mr. Sullivan\u2019s article <a title=\"here\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/medicare\/medicare-initial-enrollment-period#coverage-options\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9838\" style=\"width:160px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg 700w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare initial enrollment period (IEP) occurs three months before your 65th birthday, the month of your 65th birthday, and the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,6,9,15],"tags":[80,1699,61,62,65,94],"class_list":["post-24454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-cms","tag-iep","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24454","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=24454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24455,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24454\/revisions\/24455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}