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When Does Your Medicare Coverage Become Effective?

Richard Chan explains when your Medicare Coverage becomes effective and how it depends on when you sign up.

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CoverRight CEO, Richard Chan explains when your Medicare Coverage becomes effective and how it depends on when you sign up. It is not necessarily as simple as many people think. If you’re not careful you might have a coverage gap before your Medicare plan starts. Watch this episode to learn all the details. We explore the following topics: 

  • Signing up in the first three months of your IEP (initial enrollment period)
  • When your plan starts if you enroll the month of your birthday
  • The different effective dates which are based on when you enroll in the final three months of your IEP.
  • Richard also discusses a new proposal by the CMS that would potentially change the delayed start date process.
  • You can learn more about that here: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/

Richard Chan

Richard is the Founder of CoverRight and based in New York. He is passionate about empowering consumers to take control of their health and finances. Prior to starting CoverRight, Richard had extensive experience working in financial services with over 8 years' experience in consumer lending and investment banking.

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