Medicare Part D: Hurry up
If you're shopping for a Medicare Part D prescription-drug plan, or changing plans, you need to get your paperwork filed by Saturday to be sure that all the changes will be recorded with Medicare and your insurer by Jan. 1, when plan changes take effect.
That's the word from the National Senior Citizens Law Center, which has sent out a news release on the subject.
Although the official deadline for picking a new plan is Dec. 31, the center says, beneficiaries need to make changes by Saturday to ensure that changes are recorded in the Part D plan, Medicare and pharmacy computers by Jan. 1. If that doesn't happen, seniors might not be able to get the drugs they need or might have to pay out of pocket for them.
More information is available at the center's Web site.