{"id":25099,"date":"2025-11-03T10:29:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25099"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:29:48","slug":"where-to-start-during-medicare-open-enrollment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25099","title":{"rendered":"Where to start during Medicare open enrollment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Medicare Open Enrollment Period for 2026 is from October 15 to December 7, 2025. During this time, beneficiaries can enroll in a new plan, switch plans, or drop their current coverage, with changes taking effect on January 1, 2026. This is the time to review your current plan offers and evaluate any changes that may affect your coverage for the upcoming year. If you are unsure where to start, click on the link provided to read the article that appears on the wataugademocrat.com website. Click <a title=\"here\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wataugademocrat.com\/online_features\/senior_living\/medicare-open-enrollment-is-now-through-dec-7-find-the-right-care-at-the-best\/article_3a733766-8ff9-5b91-97b3-2470df34d98a.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"wp-image-9838\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\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>The Medicare Open Enrollment Period for 2026 is from October 15 to December 7, 2025. During this time, beneficiaries can<\/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":[80,385,61,62,221,65,94],"class_list":["post-25099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-cms","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-open-enrollment","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25099","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=25099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25100,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25099\/revisions\/25100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}