Don’t Mix Up Medicare with Obamacare

For millions of Americans, October is an important month formedical-insurance sign-up. This year, Americans should be careful not toconfuse Medicare with Obamacare as the open-enrollment period for Medicare(Oct. 15 – Dec. 7) overlaps with the initial registration for a cornerstone ofObamacare, the Health Insurance Marketplace (Oct. 1 – Mar. 31).

Those already covered by Medicare shouldn’t pay anyattention to the Health Insurance Marketplace, which is for those under 65 whodon’t have health insurance.

The open-enrollment period for Medicare allows those who arealready covered to review their policies and make changes for new plans takingeffect January 1.

See JenniferWaters, Don’t Confuse Medicare withObamacare, The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 7, 2013.