Medicare...Don't Go Through it Alone!

Tiff Bush

This week, we have a featured guest blogger - Tiff Bush - Medicare Advocate and owner of Insurance with T. Tiff brings a vast knowledge of insurance and an amiable and accessible personality to all her clients. This week, she provides us with a snapshot of Medicare. 

Medicare…Don’t go through it Alone!

Free Information from your CT resident and Medicare Advocate –
​Tiff Bush (203)623-6279

Here are 2 new details about Medicare that most people don’t know yet:

1. Beginning in April 2018, Medicare will begin mailing new ID cards to all current beneficiaries. The current card ID is a Social Security number.  The new card will have a Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) made up of 11 letters and numbers.***Please be aware that there is no charge for these new cards (scammers are already making calls to tell folks that there is a charge and are asking for their Medicare ID #s and checking account information).
2. If an individual is already receiving Medicare A and B benefits and wishes to purchase a Medicare Supplement Plan F or Hi-F plan, they will always be able to do so (if doing so within an acceptable enrollment period).  However, those individuals who will be eligible for Medicare on or after 01/01/2020 will not be able to purchase a Medicare Supplement Plan F or Hi-F but will have other options to choose from. 

​Stay tuned next month for information on the Medicare Open Enrollment period to begin 10/15/17. 

For more information from Tiff Bush, please visit her sites:
- www.insurancewitht.com
- www.freemedicarecoach.com