Medicare Planning Starts with the Right Questions

This lesson reframes Medicare planning as a structured decision process rather than a scramble to pick a plan. Students learn the core questions to ask before comparing premiums, networks, drug formularies, or supplemental coverage.

The focus is on building a personal Medicare planning profile: timing, current coverage, health care use, prescriptions, preferred doctors, travel patterns, budget exposure, risk tolerance, and decision support. Later lessons can then use that profile to evaluate enrollment rules, Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Part D, Medigap, and cost scenarios in detail.