Before you enroll, learn the differences between Medicare plans, including Part A, Part B, Medicare Advantage.
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Do you have questions about Medicare as open enrollment nears?
The public insurance is for people 65 and older, and has four parts:
Part A: Hospital insurance
Part B: Medicare insurance
Part C: Medicare Advantage plans
Part D: Drug coverage
You have two main ways to get coverage, either original Medicare or Medicare Advantage. And unlike private insurance, Medicare lets you have a different plan from your spouse and family, based on your needs.
Whether it’s your first time choosing a Medicare plan or you’re considering changing your existing plan once Medicare open enrollment starts Oct. 15, you might have questions about the different coverage options.
What’s the difference between original Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans? Can you keep your doctor? What documents do you need to apply for Medicare?
No matter the question, we want to help.
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Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
