{"id":84796,"date":"2015-10-14T15:29:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T20:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=84796"},"modified":"2015-10-14T15:29:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T20:29:07","slug":"medicare-part-d-open-enrollment-oct-15-dec-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=84796","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Part D open enrollment Oct 15- Dec 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Hammadam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8187\" alt=\"Hammadam\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Hammadam.jpg\" width=\"161\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Hammadam.jpg 161w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Hammadam-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/a>BISMARCK, N.D.\u2014North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm reminds North Dakotans <strong>the open enrollment period for Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompanies often make changes to the plans they offer, so I encourage Medicare beneficiaries to compare their Part D plans to be sure they\u2019re enrolled in the one that\u2019s best for them,\u201d Hamm said.<\/p>\n<p>The Insurance Department\u2019s State Health Insurance Counseling Program (SHIC) staff is traveling to seven cities around the state during the open enrollment period, offering free assistance in switching or enrolling in a Medicare prescription drug plan. If you will be attending an event and have been given a yellow drug retrieval card, please bring it to the event for expedited service. Consumers also need to bring a list of their medications, including dosages and frequency.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible North Dakotans who are unable to attend a Part D enrollment event have two other options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call 2-1-1 by Nov. 20, 2015 from anywhere in North Dakota. Have your medication information ready. The top two or three plan choices will be mailed to beneficiaries.<\/li>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/\">www.medicare.gov<\/a> and enter your information in the Plan Finder tool. On the homepage, click the green button labeled \u201cfind health and drug plans.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For details on the annual enrollment events, call SHIC at 1-888-575-6611 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.gov\/ndins\">www.nd.gov\/ndins<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D.\u2014North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm reminds North Dakotans the open enrollment period for Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7. \u201cCompanies often make changes to the plans they offer, so I encourage Medicare beneficiaries to compare their Part D plans to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":84802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84803,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84796\/revisions\/84803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}