7 Part 3: Making Smart Choices among Medicare’s Many Options Chapter 9: Making Sense of Medicare’s Many Options Seeing the Big Picture: Your Starting Point to Navigating the Medicare Maze Digging into the Details of Traditional Medicare versus Medicare Advantage Discovering How Medigap Policies Differ from Medicare Advantage Plans Chapter 10: Choosing Wisely If You Go with Traditional Medicare Understanding the Need to Compare Part D Plans Carefully Picking the Part D Plan That’s Best for You Choosing the Medigap Supplemental Policy That’s Best for You Chapter 11: Making Smart Choices If You Opt for Medicare Advantage Comparing Medicare Advantage Plans Choosing the Medicare Advantage Plan That’s Right for You Chapter 12: Getting Help in Making Medicare Choices One on One: Getting Personal Help on Medicare Issues Buyer Beware! Avoiding Scams and Hard-Sell Marketing
8 Part 4: Navigating Medicare from the Inside Chapter 13: Starting Out as a New Medicare Beneficiary Playing Your Cards Right Beyond the Cards: Checking Out the Extent and Limits of Your Coverage Managing Premiums Keeping Track of Your Expenses Dealing with Doctors Filling Prescriptions for the First Time with a Part D Plan Chapter 14: Getting the Inside Scoop on Using Certain Medicare Benefits Taking a Closer Look at Part A Zooming In on Part B Delving into Part D Chapter 15: Changing Your Medicare and Medigap Coverage Switching Coverage during Open Enrollment or Disenrollment Taking Advantage of Special Enrollment Periods Dropping a Plan (Or Being Dropped) Deciding Whether to Stay or Switch to Another Plan for Next Year Changing to Another Medigap Policy Chapter 16: Knowing Your Rights Understanding Your Right to Accurate Information Asking for an Investigation Taking Steps toward an Appeal Filing a Formal Appeal
9 Part 5: The Part of Tens Chapter 17: Top Ten Medicare Mistakes Thinking You Must Reach Full Retirement Age before Signing Up Assuming You Don’t Qualify If You Haven’t Worked Long Enough Failing to Enroll in Part B When You Should Believing You Don’t Need Part B If You Have Retiree or COBRA Coverage Not Signing