Problem: Mrs. Kendrick is in good health, has worked for many years, and is six months away from turning 65. She wants to know what she will have to do to enroll in a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan as soon as possible. What could you tell her? Need Assignment Help?
Question Answer
a. MA plans are only available to those who have been enrolled in a Medigap plan for at least six months. Therefore, before enrolling in an MA plan, she must first use a Medigap plan to supplement her Original Medicare coverage.
b. She must have previously been enrolled in Original Fee-for-Service Medicare for at least one year before she may enroll in an MA plan.
c. She must first enroll in a Medicare Part D plan, before enrolling in a Medicare Advantage plan.
d. She may enroll in an MA plan beginning three months immediately before her first entitlement to both Medicare Part A and Part B.