Changing Medicare Advantage Plans

When can you change your Medicare Advantage Plan?

• Everyone with a Medicare Advantage Plan can change to a different Medicare Advantage Plan or to Original Medicare with a Medigap plan from January 1 through March 31 every year.

• Everyone can make any change to their Medicare coverage during Open Enrollment (October 15 - December 7) and that change is effective the next January 1

• All EPIC members can change their Medicare Advantage Plan (with drug coverage) once per year at any time.

• Everyone with Medicaid or Extra Help can change their Medicare Advantage Plan (with drug coverage) once every quarter of the year from January through September.

• There are other situations in which you can change your Medicare Advantage Plan as described on this page.

Medicare.gov is a very helpful website for comparing Medicare Advantage Plans.  Please see the video below for a 14 minute tutorial on using this website: