Moving? What happens to your Medicare plan and when you can change it

• Medicare Advantage and drug plans are offered by county, so a new county can mean different plans.
• A move within the same county may not change your plan.
• Original Medicare follows you anywhere in the country, but a supplement and a drug plan may need review.

Tell your plan your new address, and ask when your window starts and ends. For a move out of your plan's area, the window can begin before you move, so it is worth asking early.

• Your old and new addresses
• The date you are moving
• Your current plan card
• Your doctors in the new area, if you know them

• Splitting the year between two states: a Medicare check before you leave
• Seven Medicare open enrollment mistakes, and how to avoid them
• Helping a parent choose Medicare: what you need before you call