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"Don’t miss your Medicare open enrollment deadline!\nYou know that you should apply for Medicare by the time you turn 65, but what is open enrollment and how does it affect you? Medicare open enrollment (OEP) is the period you are given every year to make changes to your coverage. Imagine, for example, that when you applied for Medicare you didn’t need certain medications so you didn’t choose a coverage plan that provides them. In time you have developed an illness that requires constant medication and since you are on the wrong plan you have to buy them out of pocket.\nMedicare OEP Is October 15 to December 7\nYou can amend your coverage during the open enrollment period, which usually runs from 15th October to 7th December. During this time you can make changes to your coverage and they will kick in come 1st of January the following year. The changes you can make include switching from Medicare Part C to Original Medicare (Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B), switching to Original Medicare from Medicare Part C, changing Medicare Part C plans, also known as Medicare Advantage plans, changing the Medicare Part D (prescription drugs) plans or enrolling in a Medicare prescription drug plan when on Original Medicare and in need of one\n........"
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