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On February 15, 2021, HealthCare.gov, the federal health insurance marketplace serving 36 states, reopened for enrollment for 12 weeks. Though styled as a “special” enrollment period, it will operate more like an open enrollment period; no qualifying life event is required to apply. People who are currently uninsured can enroll, and people already enrolled in marketplace plans can change to different policies...." 
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You may be eligible to enroll—even if you missed the December 7 Medicare Annual Election Period deadline—if: • You’ve moved • You’ve lost coverage • You are newly qualified for Medicare And other circumstances that may qualify you.  Many of you have asked us about DuPage Medical Group (DMG) and which Medicare Advantage Plans the group participates in. While DMG has worked with a small number of plans in the past, DMG now participates in the following Medicare Advantage plans: Aetna (newest company to work with DMG) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Cigna Humana United Healthcare Please contact us if you have any questions about this.  In an effort to help you keep up with the latest information on COVID 19 and how it impacts you and your health insurance and/or Medicare plan, see the links below: Aetna Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Cigna Humana United Health Care Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Medicare.gov Please contact us if you have questions about your plans.  3 advantages of using fixed indexed annuities in retirementFixed indexed annuities are often pegged as a safer way to invest in the market. As such, many financial advisers spurn the product due to its perceived inefficiencies in growing wealth when compared to straightforward investment strategies... FIAs should be compared to insurance products, not investment security products like mutual funds. They allow clients to protect the principal of their investment in the insurance product while letting the annuity be credited with growth based on certain  "...If you have Part A, you may get IRS Form 1095-B from Medicare in the early part of the year. If you don't get Form 1095-B, don't worry. Not everyone will get this form from Medicare, and you don't need to have it to file your taxes..."  Medicare Advantage open enrollment. Dates: January 1 – March 31, 2020; Your plan change takes effect the month after you submit your enrollment.  When it comes to the forecast for your Social Security benefits in 2020, there’s good news and bad news. Your Social Security checks are poised to grow next year; however, the annual increase likely won’t be as much as you got in 2019...  |
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