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Q. I am eligible for Medicare next year and am wondering if there are any resources that I can go to or use to help me know when to start the process, what my options are, deadlines for getting onto Medicare, deadlines for getting the supplemental insurance, and what to look for in supplemental insurance.—Johanna Columbro, Dayton, OH
A. Yes, lots! Your first resource should be Medicare's consumer portal, Medicare.gov, where you can get the answers to those questions and much more. Here at Consumer Reports we've also created a Medicare information center at ConsumerReports.org/cro/medicare. And for more complicated questions we recommend medicareinteractive.org, a project of the nonprofit Medicare Rights Center.
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This article also appeared in the June 2014 issue of Consumer Reports magazine.
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