Start with Sokar
Begin a Medicare relationship by organizing your timeline, current coverage, providers, prescriptions, and priorities.
Prepare the enrollment dates
Bring birth month, Part A/B card or application status, current employer coverage end date and any creditable-drug notice. Medicare’s sign-up path changes when a person already receives Social Security benefits or is still working.
Official source: Medicare: Get started ↗ · Medicare: Working past 65 ↗
Prepare the coverage inputs
List physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, drug names and strengths. With your ZIP code, these identify actual plans and likely drug costs in Medicare Plan Compare. Avoid sending a Medicare ID in an ordinary web inquiry.
Official source: Medicare: Compare plans ↗
Set the decision order
Resolve initial enrollment and payer order first, choose between Original Medicare and Advantage second, then evaluate Medigap and Part D if appropriate. Document any Medigap buying right before replacing existing coverage.
Official source: Medicare: How to sign up ↗ · Medicare: Who pays first ↗ · Medicare: Buying Medigap ↗