{"id":97,"date":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","slug":"medicare-open-enrollment-choose-carefully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/15\/medicare-open-enrollment-choose-carefully\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Open Enrollment: Choose Carefully"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/jayesh-1\/medicare-open-enrollment-is-almost-here-what-should-i-do-remotion-videos-9131\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Medicare Open Enrollment runs Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, giving beneficiaries time to review and change Medicare Advantage or stand-alone Part D coverage.<br \/>\nStart by choosing between Original Medicare Parts A and B or a Medicare Advantage plan, based on health needs, prescriptions, and provider preferences.<br \/>\nOriginal Medicare usually works with most doctors, while Medicare Advantage requires the plan&#039;s card for claims and depends on that plan&#039;s provider network.<br \/>\nMiss the Dec. 7 deadline, and you generally must wait until the next year&#039;s Open Enrollment to switch Medicare Advantage or stand-alone Part D plans.<br \/>\nChanges made during Open Enrollment take effect Jan. 1, while Medicare supplement, long-term care, and dental plans can be changed any time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare Open Enrollment runs Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, giving beneficiaries time to review and change Medicare Advantage or stand-alone Part D coverage. Start by choosing between Original Medicare Parts A and B or a Medicare Advantage plan, based on health needs, prescriptions, and provider preferences. Original Medicare usually works with most doctors, while Medicare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":463,"featured_media":98,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}