Every year you can choose a different prescription plan during the Annual Enrollment Period (Oct 15 - Dec 7th). During that time you should go online and input your prescriptions into the government website to help determine the best coverage for the upcoming calendar year. There are no medical questions to be answered during this time. It's important to do this exercise since your current prescription plan may change it's formulary and no longer cover your medicine under their new formulary. It's easy to enroll in a new plan, all you have to do is click "enroll" once you make your decision. By enrolling into a new plan, your current plan will be automatically terminated Jan1st.
Here are the instructions:
www.Medicare.gov
On the front page is a green box that says “Find health and drug plans” click on it.
On the next page input your zip code then click “find plans” underneath of that.
On the next page check the circle that says “Original Medicare” and “I dont get any extra help”
Then click “Continue to plan results”.
Then input the name of one of your prescriptions. A box will pop up asking which dosage and frequency you take, complete that info and click “Add drug and dosage”.
Continue adding your drugs until your list is complete.
Then click “My list is complete”.
The next page will ask which pharmacy you prefer to use, click “Add pharmacy” when you find a pharmacy you would use.
On the next page at the top, click “Continue to plan results”.
On this page check the box that says “Prescription Drug plans (with Original Medicare)” then click “Continue to plan results”.
The next page will list Medicare as your medical insurance and underneath that it will list all the prescription plans available in the state in order of “Lowest remainder of the year retail costs ”.
www.Medicare.gov
On the front page is a green box that says “Find health and drug plans” click on it.
On the next page input your zip code then click “find plans” underneath of that.
On the next page check the circle that says “Original Medicare” and “I dont get any extra help”
Then click “Continue to plan results”.
Then input the name of one of your prescriptions. A box will pop up asking which dosage and frequency you take, complete that info and click “Add drug and dosage”.
Continue adding your drugs until your list is complete.
Then click “My list is complete”.
The next page will ask which pharmacy you prefer to use, click “Add pharmacy” when you find a pharmacy you would use.
On the next page at the top, click “Continue to plan results”.
On this page check the box that says “Prescription Drug plans (with Original Medicare)” then click “Continue to plan results”.
The next page will list Medicare as your medical insurance and underneath that it will list all the prescription plans available in the state in order of “Lowest remainder of the year retail costs ”.