Resources to Help You Navigate Medicare With Confidence

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You can apply for Medicare online at the Social Security website ssa.gov. This site is used to enroll in Medicare Part A and Part B during your Open Enrollment window. Your Open Enrollment window lasts seven months total; it begins three months before the month you turn 65, includes your birthday month, and ends three months after your birthday month.

If you currently have Medicare Part A and are ending your group work coverage that you have through your or a spouse's employment and now want to enroll in Medicare Part B.

Instructions: If you are retiring or ending group coverage and already have Medicare Part A, here are instructions on enrolling in Medicare Part B.

This guide can help if you’re thinking about buying a Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap) policy or already have one. It’ll help you understand how Medigap policies work.

Browse benefits for dental, vision and hearing. Also, you can enroll here.

Click here to view the plan benefits and prices

You can self-enroll in Manhattan Life’s dental, vision, and hearing plan.

This company will help get your diabetes supplies covered and ordered through your insurance

Test strips, monitors, etc., covered by Medicare

This guides you to who you contact, Social Security or Medicare.

Search for Doctors, Hospitals, and Providers in Network

Find doctors, hospitals, etc on Cigna's Medicare Advantage Plans

Search for Doctors, Hospitals, and Providers in Network

Search for doctors, Hospitals, and providers in Network

Medicare beneficiaries can qualify for Extra Help with their Medicare prescription drug plan costs.

There are over 2,500 benefit programs available nationwide. Find out what benefits may be available in your area.

Here is an explanation from Medicare of how a prescription drug plan will work

Free medications if you qualify. This info is worth checking out.

Free medications if you qualify. This info is worth checking out.

Answer a few questions to see if a payment plan may benefit you

Enter your medications and find the best plan for you

Health questions will be asked when you are enrolling in a Medicare Supplement unless you are in a period where you are not required to answer health questions

If you had a major life-changing event and your income has gone down, you may use this form to request a reduction in your income-related monthly adjustment amount.

Want to know your life expectancy? You can use our simple Life Expectancy Calculator to get a rough estimate of how long you (or your spouse) may live. Knowing this information can help you make a more informed choice regarding when to collect Social Security retirement benefits.

See the benefits you qualify for in Texas

When I enroll in Medicare, it determines my Medicare start date when I turn 65

The official Medicare Handbook.

A form authorizing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that runs Medicare, to deduct your monthly Medicare premium from your bank account.

This chart lists how much your Medicare Part B will cost you, and if you are higher income, the added amount you will pay.

See how the Plan N copays work.

Explore Drug, Advantage, and Supplement Plans

Short-term health coverage is usually for someone in pretty good health and needs coverage from 1 to 12 months.

Search for Fitness Locations

This form is needed if you already have Medicare Part A, you have had group health coverage, and now you are ending that group coverage and want to enroll in Medicare Part B. This form is filled out by your HR department and then faxed or mailed to your local social security office.

You, the individual, need to fill out this form if you already have Medicare Part A effective and now you are wanting to make your Medicare Part B active. This form then needs to be mailed or faxed to your local Social Security office.

This website allows you to conduct many services online

This is where you need to mail or fax the forms to start your Medicare Part B after your Medicare Part A is already effective. You can get the address and fax number of your local Social Security Office.

Travel insurance for your worldwide trips.

TRS is the coverage option Texas Teachers have when retiring and are enrolled in Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B.

Click here to locate a dentist in the network for United Healthcare and AARP Plans

UHC Renew Active - Find a fitness center if you are enrolled in United Healthcare

Find a network provider for Routine Vision in United Healthcare and AARP Plans (Advantage Plans)

Should you enroll in Medicare or stay on your Group Work Coverage?