In today's episode, we discuss the key provisions of the BENES act that were passed back in late 2020 as part of the year-end spending bill. This new law is designed to limit Medicare enrollment mistakes that have previously harmed seniors. Here are some of the links to the sources we talked about during this episode:

Link to the entire Consolidated Appropriations Act: https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ260/PLAW-116publ260.pdf

Link to new Part B Special Enrollment Periods being created: https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/implementing-certain-provisions-consolidated-appropriations-act-2021-and-other-revisions-medicare-2

BENES Act 2.0: https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2022/02/24/senators-introduce-the-bipartisan-benes-2-0-act-to-further-simplify-medicare-enrollment

760,000 exposed to Part B penalty: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/07/why-medicares-late-fees-mean-a-lifetime-of-higher-costs.html

All other sources:

http://nahu.org/membership-resources/medicare-portal/legislative-information

https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2022/11/03/important-rules-implement-key-benes-act-provisions-to-simplify-medicare-enrollment

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-11-03/pdf/2022-23407.pdf

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