Medicare Supplement Plan F is Available Until 2020 – You Don’t Have to Fear Change

Anyone who turns 65 before January 1, 2020, can enroll in Plan F – and can keep their
Plan F as long as they choose. With Congress’s passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act (MACRA) in 2015, Medicare Supplement Plan F will no longer be sold after January
1, 2020. If, however, you are already enrolled in Plan F, you don’t need to take any action and you can
keep it indefinitely. Your coverage and plan will continue.

For people who have Medicare Part A before January 1, 2020, they will still be able to purchase Plan F
even if they obtain Part B after January 1, 2020.

People who obtain Medicare Part A on or after January 1, 2020 will not be able to purchase Plan F. As an
alternative they should consider purchasing Plan G. Plan G works similar to Plan F with one exception: it
does not cover Part B’s annual deductible. This means that all post 2020 Medicare beneficiaries will in all
likelihood spend at least their Part B deductible annually.
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Margy Wenham has been working as an independent insurance agent for over twenty (25) years in
Redding, California. She can be reached at 530.221.0955, by email at
Margy@MargyWenhamInsurance.com or by contacting or through one of her

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  2. Emily WilsonFebruary 26, 2021 at 2:11 AM

    Excellent post! I am glad to see that the Medicare supplement plan F is made available till 2020. I hope that this beneficial healthcare plan will be made available for subsequent years. On the other hand, many S corporation shareholders are leveraging 2 shareholder health insurance to easily claim deductions of their premium costs from Form 1040.

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