Posted
Dec 23, 2019 at 12:30 AM
Medicare beneficiaries impacted by Hurricane Dorian have
been granted a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to sign up for 2020 benefits.
This SEP gives beneficiaries extra time to enroll in a Medicare health or
prescription drug plan due to the unforeseen circumstances that accompany a
natural disaster. The 2020 Medicare Open Enrollment period ended Dec. 7, this
SEP allows those affected by the storm to enroll through Jan. 31, with coverage
to begin Feb. 1.
The SEP is in effect for the 26 North Carolina counties
declared major disaster areas as a result of Hurricane Florence: Beaufort,
Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Greene,
Hoke, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender,
Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Tyrrell, Washington, and Wayne.
The extension applies to two sets of residents: Those who
live in the disaster zones as well as others living outside the 26 counties who
rely on help from people living in the affected areas.
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