Seniors on United States Medicare: Set Up Your Medicare Part C/Part D Drug List Now

Although the annual 2015 enrollment period for public Part C¹ Medicare health plans and standalone Part D drug plans does not being for another week (October 15, 2014), you can get a head start and begin to look at your options today.

Go to medicare.gov Plan Finder and enter your drugs as soon as possible and then save the code and passdate provided. You can then come back to it later in the 2015 enrollment process -- and even next year -- to save you entering your drug list multiple times.

¹Medicare Advantage beneficiaries are unlikely to make a health plan decision based on the prescription drug aspects of the plan. But you will still want to enter your drug list