Leaving Employer Coverage After 65 in the southern California inland Empire including the Coachella Valley: A Medicare Transition Checklist

Charise Karjala

Leaving employer coverage after 65 can feel deceptively simple: your work plan ends, Medicare begins, and everything continues as normal. In reality, the timing details and paperwork are where people in the southern California inland Empire including the Coachella Valley can run into avoidable stress—coverage gaps, unexpected out-of-pocket costs, or confusion about what to enroll in and when.

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