October 1, 2023: Review your current Medicare health and drug plan coverage. Are there any changes in your health, changes in your doctors or hospitals or changes in your prescription drugs?

October 15, 2023 to December 7, 2023: You can change your Medicare health or drug coverage for 2024 if you wish to. This period is called Medicare’s annual open enrollment. If you switch to a new plan, always make sure that your current doctors, hospitals and drugs are covered in your new plan. You can join, switch or drop a Medicare Advantage plan or drug plan.

January 1, 2024: This is the effective date of plan coverage if you switched to a new Medicare plan. It is also the starting date of your current plan’s changes for 2024.

January 1 to March 31, 2024: If you are in a Medicare Advantage plan, you can change to a new Medicare Advantage plan or return to Original Medicare coverage (Parts A and B) and join a separate Medicare drug plan. The new effective date of coverage will begin on the first day of the month after the plan gets requested. This period is called the General Enrollment Period. You can also use this period of time if you missed your initial enrollment period at age 65 or do not qualify for a Special Enrollment Period.

Please call (845) 723-5055 if you have any questions about this information.