{"id":7764,"date":"2016-06-10T08:31:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T12:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=7764"},"modified":"2016-05-17T08:32:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T12:32:03","slug":"let-bcbsnc-help-you-make-the-move-to-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2016\/06\/let-bcbsnc-help-you-make-the-move-to-medicare\/","title":{"rendered":"Let BCBSNC Help you Make the Move to Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bigstock-Retired-couple-at-home-with-do-67630216-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Retired couple at home with dog\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bigstock-Retired-couple-at-home-with-do-67630216-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/bigstock-Retired-couple-at-home-with-do-67630216.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \>If you are turning 65, you are facing a big transition when it comes to your health insurance. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and NC Health Plans<\/a> can help by offering you important information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/medicare_supplements\/\" target=\"_blank\">Medicare Supplements,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/dental\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senior Dental plans<\/a> and other supplemental health policies that can fill in the gaps left by Original Medicare Parts A &amp; B. \u00a0Medicare may sound simple, but there&#8217;s a wealth of information you need to know in order to make the best decision for your health care needs. \u00a0Having a licensed Blue Cross Blue Shield agent on your side can aid in making the move to Medicare a much more seamless process and enlisting the help of an agent comes at no cost to you.<\/p>\n<p>Although your Initial Enrollment Period for Medicare will not begin until 3 months prior to your 65th birthday month, you should begin your research as early as six months out. \u00a0Knowing what is and is not covered by Original Medicare may surprise you and it&#8217;s important to be informed. \u00a0In addition, you can begin getting an idea of what types of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/medicare_supplements\/\" target=\"_blank\">Medicare Supplement plans <\/a>are available to you and what steps you need to take to enroll. \u00a0Keep in mind, you can enroll in a BCBSNC Medicare Supplement 3 months prior to your birthday month and we recommend submitting an application well in advance of the effective date you need. \u00a0That way, you will eliminate any risk of having a gap in coverage.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/about-jerry-ballard-associates\/\" target=\"_blank\">A licensed agent<\/a> can help you with your transition timeline, making sure you are aware of important dates and deadlines. \u00a0In addition, there is no better way to gain product knowledge than to talk with an expert. \u00a0When it comes to Medicare, there&#8217;s a lot to know and we can assure you will have all the information you need to choose the best Medicare plan available.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on North Carolina insurance coverage, please visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.nchealthplans.com <\/a>or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our experienced and professional agents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are turning 65, you are facing a big transition when it comes to your health insurance. \u00a0Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and NC Health Plans can help by offering you important information on Medicare Supplements, Senior Dental plans and other supplemental health policies that can fill in the gaps left by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[415,319,816,902],"class_list":["post-7764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bcbsnc-insurance","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-nc","tag-blue-medicare-supplement","tag-dental-blue","tag-medicare-supplements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7764"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7785,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7764\/revisions\/7785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}