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HokieDelNorte HokieDelNorte OP
Jun 27, 2025 at 03:41 PM ET
Medicare experts - My father in law is on
Medicare Advantage. We want to move him to regular Medicare (plan he was on in 2022). He recently moved from independent living to Assisted Living. Medicare assistant on phone seemed to indicate this would qualify him for Special Enrollment Period (2 month) option where he could make switch. I don’t see such an option online. Any guidance would be appreciated.

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chumley chumley
…big Lou is like you. he’s on meds too
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Hokie1744
Either call or click the chat button on Medicare.gov. Getting admitted
to an institution like an assisted living facility is a change and you have 2 months to switch from Advantage to original or vice versa. Institutions include: 1.) long-term hospitals, 2.) skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), 3.) rehabilitation hospitals and units, 4.) psychiatric hospitals and units, 5.) care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and 6.) and swing bed hospitals.
Tuckahokie Tuckahokie
Would he happen to be a veteran?
HokieDelNorte HokieDelNorte OP
Yes
Tuckahokie Tuckahokie
Vietnam or Korea War by chance? The reason I ask is there is semi-obscure
Veteran's benefit called "Aid and Attendance" that he could qualify to receive. There are some parameters involved, but I have seen cases where Veterans who served during a time of conflict can get up to $2,000 a month extra.
HokieDelNorte HokieDelNorte OP
Thanks for the heads up. It doesn’t
appear he qualifies based on my Google search.