Last Chance to Change Medicare Plans This Year

You need to act soon if you're unhappy with your current plan.

If you have Medicare and haven't been satisfied with your plan, you have a chance now to switch to a new one. But you need to move quickly because the open-enrollment period ends March 31.

You can't, however, make changes to your prescription drug coverage. For example, if you have a Medicare Advantage plan with drug coverage, you can't switch to a plan that doesn't cover prescription drugs. Nor can you switch from one stand-alone prescription plan to another.

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Cameron Huddleston
Former Online Editor, Kiplinger.com

Award-winning journalist, speaker, family finance expert, and author of Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk.

Cameron Huddleston wrote the daily "Kip Tips" column for Kiplinger.com. She joined Kiplinger in 2001 after graduating from American University with an MA in economic journalism.