Medicare Plans
Medicare Annual Open Enrollment in Greenville, TX
Once a year, almost anyone with Medicare can switch plans for any reason. That time is Annual Open Enrollment, or AEP. It lasts from October 15 to December 7, and your new coverage starts January 1.
Expect a full mailbox and plenty of TV ads while it's on. Feel free to ignore them. Focus on your own medicines and doctors, then make one choice when you're ready.
- October 15 through December 7, every year
- Changes start January 1
- Check your prescriptions and doctors before anything else
- Free plan reviews for Hunt County residents
Have us check your plan before December 7
Share your current plan, prescriptions and doctors. A licensed insurance agent compares next year's costs on the plans we represent in your Greenville ZIP code and calls you back during business hours. If you're already in the right plan, we'll say so.
What to expect
Free review- A licensed agent calls you back during business hours, Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5:30pm CT
- Your doctors and prescriptions get checked before any plan is suggested
- No fee for our help, and your premium is the same either way
- No obligation to enroll, and no pressure if you'd rather stay put
Reviewed by the licensed insurance agents at Greenville Senior Insurance. Last reviewed: October 2026. Office hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5:30pm CT.
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What's allowed
Changes you can make during AEP
- Leave Original Medicare and join an Advantage plan
- Leave an Advantage plan and go back to Original Medicare
- Swap your Advantage plan for a different one
- Start, stop or switch a stand-alone Part D plan
Medigap runs on a separate track
AEP doesn't cover Medicare Supplement plans. A Medigap application can go in any month. The difference is that health questions are fair game once your first six-month Medigap window is over.
Prepare
Getting ready for your fall review
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Open the Annual Notice of Change
It should reach you by the end of September. In one place it lists the coming year's changes to premium, copays, drug tiers and network.
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Update your drug list
Doses change and new drugs get added. Nothing shapes next year's cost more than what you take today. Our Part D page shows what to look at.
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Check your doctors and hospital
Use the directory for the coming year, not the current one. Look for your Greenville doctor, Hunt Regional, and each specialist you visit in Rockwall, Garland or Dallas.
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Settle it by Thanksgiving
December 7 is firm. Waiting until the last few days leaves no time to correct an error.
Shopping for a drug plan? Begin with Part D drug plans in Greenville. Weighing a larger change? Read Medicare Advantage in Greenville and Advantage vs. Medigap.
Local networks
What tends to change for Hunt County plans
For Greenville-area plans, the first thing to confirm each fall is Hunt Regional, including its Royse City medical center if that's closer to you. Then check the plan's reach into Garland, Dallas and Rockwall, where many Hunt County residents see specialists. Those doctors can join or leave a network from one year to the next. Veterans may also use the Greenville VA Clinic alongside a plan. Look up each doctor and hospital by name in the directory for the coming year. The communities we cover are on our service areas page.
Other windows
If December 7 has come and gone
Already in an Advantage plan? You get a second chance from January 1 through March 31. You may switch to a different Advantage plan during those months, or go back to Original Medicare and add a Part D plan. Once March 31 passes, you'd need a Special Enrollment Period. Leaving your plan's service area or losing job-based coverage can open one.
New to Medicare? Then the window you need is your Initial Enrollment Period around turning 65. Unsure which one you're in? See switching your plan.
Questions
Open Enrollment in Greenville: common questions
When is Open Enrollment?
I like my plan. Must I take any action?
Is fall the time to change my Medigap plan?
What if I miss December 7?
Where can I find free, unbiased help in Texas?
Set up a free fall plan review
Each autumn we'll go over your plan with you. Some years the answer is to keep it, and we'll tell you when that's the case.