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Question: I’ve a medical health insurance by way of NY Health Exchange (Marketplace) Plan. I’m turning 65 in September, do I want Medicare? My partner additionally has a Marketplace plan, however is youthful by two years.

Answer: The Affordable Care Act and the Marketplace Exchange has modified the way in which many people get our insurance coverage. Let’s reply your questions. There are some basic guidelines about these Exchange plans and Medicare. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all residents to have medical health insurance from some supply. Your present coverage is a Marketplace Plan. As you age into Medicare your insurance coverage should swap to a Medicare plan and your Marketplace Plan must be cancelled.

When you might be turning 65, Medicare begins the primary of your birthday month, with one exception. When your sixty fifth birthday is on the sixteenth of September, your Medicare protection will start 9-1-22. If your sixty fifth birthday is on the first of September, your Medicare protection will start 8-1-22.

The Initial Enrollment Period (IEP) for Medicare is the three months earlier than your birthday month, the month of your birthday, and the three months after. Using the earlier September sixteenth birthday state of affairs, the three months earlier than are August, July, and June. This is the time to judge insurance coverage choices and alternate options and be certain you will have signed up for Medicare. Since you will have a Marketplace Plan you MUST join Medicare A & B.

The preliminary join Medicare begins on the Social Security Administration (SSA). Once you will have signed up for Medicare, you may analysis and consider medical health insurance plans that give you the results you want. (Part D drug protection, Supplemental plans, Medicare Advantage plans, and so forth.). SSA is not going to assign or assist you with a well being plan. To join Medicare, you need to use the www.SSA.gov web site, name SSA at 1-877-379-3079 (Jamestown) or 1-800-772-1213 (nationwide), or go to the SSA workplace (321 Hazeltine Ave. Jamestown).

Your Marketplace plan ought to cease and you’ll have to select a Medicare possibility. Some of the Marketplace plan Companies are very proactive and mail you info prompting you join Medicare. Others don’t do a superb job of managing this required change. The time too analysis choices associated to Medicare is now. When you consider your insurance coverage choices, be certain you might be reviewing Medicare plans, not Marketplace plans.

It could appear as if everybody is aware of your sixty fifth birthday is arising, with a variety of mail from insurance coverage firms of all kinds. Review the knowledge that’s mailed to you from firms which can be providing plans. They additionally might have native workplaces or representatives that can come to or name your own home. You have entry to the www.medicare.gov web site the place info is offered about all of the plans in your area. You also can name 1-800-MEDICARE (633-4227) and speak with the customer support employees. The web site and the 1-800 quantity can be found 24 hours a day, seven days every week. You even have sources accessible like Office For the (*65*), or Southwestern Independent Living Center as unbiased sources of Medicare Insurance info. Senior Life Matters employees will even help you.

There are many Medicare Health Insurance choices accessible. That makes it complicated, but it surely additionally means you’ll find a product that’s simply what you want to your particular person scenario. You additionally could also be pleasantly stunned by the price of your insurance coverage choices. I consider that Medicare may be very reasonably priced and the insurance coverage merchandise accessible to it’s possible you’ll price lower than you might be at the moment paying AND be extra complete than your present Marketplace Plan. So don’t fear!

Original Medicare consists of Part A & B. You will even want so as to add a Part D plan (Prescription Drug Coverage). You might stick with Original Medicare, add on a Medicare Supplement Plan and a Stand Alone Part D plan. You might additionally enroll in Medicare A & B after which decide to do a Medicare Advantage Plan that would come with your Prescription Drug protection. There are a number of choices!

You additionally requested “What will your spouse do?” Your partner shouldn’t be but 65 and due to this fact not eligible for Medicare. The Marketplace plans can proceed to be their insurance coverage protection. You have a unique time-frame to alter your insurance coverage since you are turning 65!

Everyone ought to have the chance to buy good and helpful well being Insurance. It is my hope that these sources will probably be helpful to you.

Senior Life Matters is a neighborhood based mostly program sponsored by Lutheran Jamestown. For questions and issues or to achieve Janell Sluga, GCMC, name 716-720-9797 or e mail SLM@lutheran-jamestown.org.