Beneficiaries who were in a Medicare Advantage (MA) Plan which did not renew its contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on January 1, or which reduced their service area so that you are no longer in it, may enroll in a Medicare Advantage Plan until January 31, 2011. Your effective date of enrollment will be February 1, 2011.
By the same token, a Medicare beneficiary who was in a Part D prescription drug plan (PDP) which did not renew its contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on January 1, may enroll in a Part D prescription drug plan until January 31, 2011. Your effective date of enrollment will be February 1, 2011.
These special election periods are available because, with the deluge of Medicare information and advertisements you got toward the end of 2010 you might not have clearly realized your Medicare Advantage Plan or your Part D stand-alone drug plan would not be available to you in 2011.
So make haste: if you want to rejoin a Medicare Advantage Plan or a Part D stand-alone drug plan, do so quickly before the end of this month! You may wish to call 1-800-MEDICARE or your State Health Insurance Assistance Program. Its number is on the back of your Medicare & You 2011 handbook.
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