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5 Good Reasons to Choose a Medicare Supplement Plan

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Celebrating Turning 65 Doug just had his 65th birthday. He's looking forward to retirement, which is coming up soon, from his career of more than 40 years. Doug has made great decisions regarding his retirement planning and now is deciding on a senior health plan. Doug is in an Open Enrollment Period , which is a one time only 6-month time frame when federal law allows him to buy any Medicare Supplement (Medigap) policy sold in his state. During this period, he can't be denied a Medigap policy or charged more due to past or present health problems. Like the thousands of people who are turning 65 every day in the United States, Doug is being bombarded with calls, letters, and constant ads about health coverage. There's too much noise and he wants to cut through it and get the facts. So much information about Medicare Supplements can be found online and Doug located a website which includes a quote finder for plans in his area. He also found on the same page a lin...