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What's NOT to like about your Medicare Part C coverage – and how and when you can switch to another plan

By Carla Anderson
Medicare Insurance Center Contributor

If you wish to leave your Medicare Advantage plan and sign up for Original Medicare, you can do so during the Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period. The disenrollment period runs from Jan. 1 to Feb. 14 each year. As Original Medicare does not cover prescription drugs, you also have until Feb. 14 to join a prescription drug plan.


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GOP out of sync with all voter groups - even their base

By Chuck Smith-Dewey
healthinsurance.org founder

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) and his House GOP brethern are throwing a party, and no one is coming – not even the usually reliable folks who prefer to party with tea.


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If you wish to leave your Medicare Advantage plan and sign up for Original Medicare, you can do so during the Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period. The disenrollment period runs from Jan. 1 to Feb. 14 each year. As Original Medicare does not cover prescription drugs, you also have until Feb. 14 to join a prescription drug plan.


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