The Medicare Part B General Enrollment Period (GEP) runs...
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Why A is correct
Beneficiaries who miss their initial enrollment period — and their special enrollment period, if any — can enroll in Part B during the General Enrollment Period, which runs January 1 through March 31 each year, with coverage beginning the following July. Because GEP enrollment occurs after the ideal window, a late-enrollment penalty applies for each 12-month period of delay. The GEP is easily confused with the Medicare Advantage and Part D Annual Election Period of October 15 through December 7 and with the seven-month initial enrollment period around the 65th birthday; distinguishing the three windows is a standard Part B question in the senior products outline.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) October 15–December 7 is the Annual Election Period for Medicare Advantage and Part D.
- C) The seven months around the 65th birthday is the initial enrollment period.
- D) July–August is not a Medicare enrollment window.
Memory hook
Missed the IEP? The GEP opens Jan 1–Mar 31, penalties may apply.