Here's how to avoid mistakes when switching from a health plan on the public exchange to Medicare
Your initial Medicare enrollment period starts three months before the month of your 65th birthday and ends three months after it .
In addition to Parts A and B — also called original Medicare — there is Part D, which provides prescription drug coverage. It, too, comes with extra monthly charges for beneficiaries with higher income .Some people choose to stick with basic Medicare and pair it with a standalone Part D plan and, perhaps,
You can face [costs] for being late to enroll in Medicare and for being late getting out of the marketplace.Although Part D is optional, you can face a penalty if you decide you want coverage after not signing up when you were first eligible. That late-enrollment fee is 1% of the monthly national base premium for each full month that you should have had coverage but didn't. Like the Part B penalty, this amount also generally lasts as long as you have drug coverage.
For 2021 and 2022, the subsidies available through the marketplace are expanded, which means many more people are qualifying for aid that previously would not have. Some are paying little to nothing for premiums and may be getting help with cost-sharing like deductibles or copays. Of course, if your income is low enough, you may qualify for programs that help with out-of-pocket costs under Medicare.
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