Once you choose a Medicare drug plan, you may be able to join
by paper application. Contact the company offering the plan you choose, and ask for an application. Once you fill out the application, mail or fax it back to the company. Applications for many of the national stand-alone Medicare Part D plans can be found on this website along with plan features and plan premiums. Click Here to Review Plans in Your State
on the plan's website. Visit the drug plan company's website to see if you can join online.
on Medicare's website. You may also be able to join a Medicare drug plan at www.medicare.gov on the web. Select "Compare Medicare Prescription Drug Plans." Not all Medicare drug plans offer the option to enroll on the web.
over the telephone. You may be able to join by calling the plan you want or by calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). Medicare drug plans aren't allowed to call you to enroll you in a plan.
When you join a Medicare drug plan, you will have to provide your Medicare number. Look on your Medicare card for your number and the date your Part A or Part B coverage started.
For more information on joining or switching plans, see
(Primary Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Medicare and You Handbook. This content may have been enhanced by Q1Group LLC to include further examples, explanations, and links.)
Medicare Supplements fill the gaps in your Original Medicare