Fall Season Means It’s Time to Tune Up Your Medicare Coverage

Fall Season Means It’s Time to Tune Up Your Medicare Coverage
A person holds pharmaceutical tablets and capsules in this picture illustration taken in Ljubljana Sept. 18, 2013. Reuters/Srdjan Zivulovic
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CHICAGO—If you are not happy with your Medicare coverage, now is the time to make a change.

The annual Medicare fall enrollment period for 2019 begins Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7. This is the time to make changes to your basic coverage and your prescription drug insurance. Fall enrollment presents an opportunity to save money—but more importantly, the chance to make sure your insurance coverage provides the best match of health care providers.