People representing Medicare plans aren’t allowed to:
During the meeting, Medicare plans and people who work with Medicare can’t:
- Charge you a fee to process your enrollment into a plan.
- Steer you into a particular plan.
- Communicate incorrect information about their plan type or use inappropriate statements like their plan is “the best” or “highest ranked.”
- Tell you about other plan options you haven’t agreed to discuss, unless you specifically ask about them (to discuss these options, you need to complete a separate appointment form).
- Pressure you to join their plan by saying things like “you have to join this plan or you won’t have coverage next year.”
- Ask you to give names and phone numbers or addresses so they can sell to your friends or family.
- Ask you to sign the enrollment form before you’re ready to join ARTICLE