Returning to Original Medicare from a Medicare Advantage can be tricky after you first sign up; you may not be able to get a Medigap supplemental insurance plan.
About half of Medicare Advantage members left their plans by the end of five years, according to a 2023 study from Brown University School of Public Health. Most switched to another Medicare Advantage plan but not necessarily because they liked Medicare Advantage. Returning to Original Medicare can be tricky after you first sign up, because you may not be able to get a Medicare Supplement Insurance plan, known as Medigap.
“Everybody thinks the open enrollment in the fall is going to save them,” Giardini-Russell said, remembering a client with a Medicare Advantage plan who couldn’t qualify for Medigap because of a heart condition. “She said, ‘I thought in November, you could just change during open enrollment,’” Giardini-Russell said. “She didn’t have any way to get out.
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