Medicare Open Enrollment
Overview
Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period begins on October 15.
Now is the ideal time to evaluate whether this is the year to change your coverage. Perhaps you’re:
- Wanting a plan with different services that it covers.
- Requiring access to specific hospitals, doctors, or prescriptions that aren’t covered under your current plan.
- Needing more convenience, higher quality, or a plan that will cover you while you’re traveling.
Making this decision is anything but simple. To help you through the process, download our helpful flowchart below. It covers considerations that can influence your decision, such as changes in health care needs, costs of premiums and deductibles, and the effective dates of any changes.
What this checklist covers
- 1Review what services your current plan covers
- 2Confirm your hospitals, doctors, and prescriptions are covered
- 3Consider convenience, quality, and coverage while traveling
- 4Compare premiums, deductibles, and effective dates of any changes

Review your coverage against the full checklist
Everything worth confirming before you buy, renew, or replace a policy.
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