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Medicare Advantage Plan Enrollment Periods

There are only certain times when you can enroll/dis enroll or change a Medicare Advantage plan. Note that Medicare Advantage plans are sometimes called Medicare Part C or an MAPD plan.   There is a general period when someone turns 65 in which they can enroll.  This time frame is 3 months before the month they [...]

Medicare Advantage Plans Connecticut

There are 5 companies offering Medicare Advantage Plans (MA or MAPD) in the state of Connecticut. The 5 companies are Anthem BCBS, Aetna, United HealthCare, Connecticare and Wellcare. They do not all offer their plans in all counties of Connecticut however. This post provides an overview of what is available. Please call or email us [...]

Medigap Insurance Connecticut

Medigap Insurance plans in Connecticut (Also called Medicare Supplement) confuse many people but it is actually very simple to understand once you understand the key points. This post is intended to provide a general overview of “Medigap” to help consumers make an educated decision when choosing one. We will start with the basics of the [...]

Medigap Connecticut

Medigap plans in Connecticut (Also called Medicare Supplement) confuses many people but it is actually very simple to understand once you understand the key points. This post is intended to provide a general overview of “Medigap” to help consumers make an educated decision when choosing one. We will start with the basics of the things [...]

How To Choose A Medicare Plan

If you are already enrolled in original Medicare or will be enrolling soon, you have a decision to make about your secondary coverage.   Many people find choosing a Medicare plan to be a daunting task but it really does not need to be complicated.   With a basic understanding of the options, you will be able to [...]

Medicare Seminars Connecticut

Crowe & Associates will holding a number of seminars for Untied Health Care Medicare Advantage plans and AARP branded Medicare supplement plans. The meetings will run from 10:00 am to 11:30  am and will provide a review of the Medicare offerings by United Healthcare for 2013. The review will include basic information on Medicare A and B [...]

AARP Medicare Complete Connecticut (review)

AARP Medicare Complete is a United Healthcare MAPD plan “Medicare Advantage with Prescription Drugs”.  United offers 4 different versions of Medicare Complete in the state of Connecticut. They have 2 HMO (in network only) plans a PPO plan (That is the AARP branded plan) and a POS plan. (only in New Haven county)  A link to a [...]

United HealthCare Broker Contracting

United HealthCare Medicare has one contract that will allows brokers to sell both the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement (AARP Branded) plans.  Once a contract is completed, there is an online certification that must be completed prior to selling the plans.

Crowe & Associates offers two types of contracts:  Street Level Agent Contract and In House [...]

AARP Medicare Complete

AARP Medicare Complete is a general name given to a number of different United Health Care Medicare Advantage plans with the AARP logo.   United Healthcare also offers a number of different Medicare Complete plans without the AARP logo.

United has an AARP Medicare Complete branded product in most states.  In some states they have multiple [...]