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Annual enrollment. In the United States, annual enrollment (also known as open enrollment or open season) is a period of time, usually but not always occurring once per year, when employees of companies and organizations, including the government, [1] may make changes to their elected employee benefit options, such as health insurance.
Enrollment begins at or near the beginning of the calendar year and lasts until a different plan choice is made in a subsequent open season or through a qualifying life event. In practice, there is a great deal of inertia in enrollment, and only about 5 percent of employees change plans in most open seasons. [citation needed]
Medicare is a federal health insurance program in the United States for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities, including those with end stage renal disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). It was begun in 1965 under the Social Security Administration and is now administered by the Centers ...
The initial enrollment period actually begins before your 65th birthday, and is a total of seven months. If you’re eligible (or soon to be eligible) for Medicare, you may have noticed that there ...
If you missed your initial enrollment period, you may be allowed to enroll penalty-free during a special enrollment period. These usually last six months and may last as long as a year. Special ...
Medicare enrollment is not obligatory. But if you don't sign up when you're supposed to and you're not entitled to a special enrollment period, you'll face a 10% surcharge on your Part B premiums ...
Graduates from a high school in Connecticut in 2008. College admissions in the United States refers to the process of applying for entrance to institutions of higher education for undergraduate study at one of the nation's colleges or universities. [1] [2] For those who intend to attend college immediately after high school, the college search ...
Medicare Part D. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services logo. Medicare Part D, also called the Medicare prescription drug benefit, is an optional United States federal-government program to help Medicare beneficiaries pay for self-administered prescription drugs. [1] Part D was enacted as part of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and ...