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Module 3, Lesson C: Guaranteed Issue Rights

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Situation #3

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You are in a Medicare + Choice plan and your health care coverage is going to end because you are moving out of the plan's service area. You must tell your current plan that you are moving and provide it with the date on which you will end your coverage.

Plan Options

You have the right to buy the Medigap Plan A, B, C, or F that is sold in your state or in the state to which you are moving.

Time Limit

You must apply for a Medigap policy during the period that begins 60 days before your coverage ends and ends 63 days after your coverage ends.

Select the Beneficiary Profile icon to review an example of a beneficiary in this situation.

Select the Chart icon for an overview of guaranteed issue rights.

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Last Updated 11/02/2004