People With Medicare

I have a Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan—FEHBP.

If you are retired from the Federal government, you probably have Medicare Part A and a Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan (or FEHBP) that includes prescription drug coverage.  Generally, this drug coverage is considered to be as good as Medicare’s coverage. You should call your plan’s benefits administrator to find out more about your current drug coverage before you make any changes.

The section on Employer/Union Insurance applies to you.

If you lose your FEHBP coverage and you join a Medicare drug plan now, you probably will not have to pay a penalty—if you join a Medicare drug plan within 63 days of losing your FEHBP coverage.

Continue
Preparing

The material on the Medicare.gov site may make more sense if you read this information first:

These sections explain terms such as deductibles, cost-sharing, coverage gap and other information you will find on the Medicare site.

 

When you
are ready

Find and compare specific plans on the Medicare site. Enroll in a plan when you are ready.

Find out if you qualify for Extra Help with Costs

 

Print these instructions for using the Medicare.gov Plan Finder

 

Information on this web site was compiled from approved materials of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.