Medicare Advantage Articles

Medicare Advantage Election and Disenrollment Periods

Last Updated : 10/03/2019 4 min read

Generally, you can only enroll in, switch, or disenroll from a Medicare Advantage plan during specific times of the year. Outside of when you first become eligible to enroll, and election periods that happen annually, your opportunities to make changes to...

The Different Types of Medicare Advantage Plans

Last Updated : 09/15/2018 6 min read

There are many types of Medicare Advantage (also known as Medicare Part C) plans. Medicare Advantage plans provide an alternative way to receive your Original Medicare, Part A and Part B, benefits. With Medicare Part C, you get the same coverage as Original...

What You Pay in a Medicare Advantage Plan

Last Updated : 10/01/2019 4 min read

Medicare Advantage plans frequently offer more benefits than Original Medicare and may have lower out-of-pocket costs. Your health insurance rate and out-of-pocket costs will depend on the particular Medicare Advantage plan you choose. Some plans charge...

Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage)

Last Updated : 08/01/2019 4 min read

Medicare Part C is also known as the Medicare Advantage program. In this article, we describe Medicare Part C to make it easy to understand. Medicare Part C and the other parts of Medicare The traditional Medicare program is called Original Medicare. It's...