Hello, this is █████████████ on behalf of AARP. AARP is holding a nationwide telephone discussion right now, Medicare that fits your life A Guide to Open Enrollment we'll discuss Medicare Open Enrollment to help you make confident, informed decisions about your options by taking your health and lifestyle into account. To join the conversation, you simply need to stay on the line. If you'd like to access this telephone Town hall in Spanish, press Star zero on your telephone keypad when the event begins. This event is compatible with trs. Anyone may initiate a relay call at any time by dialing ████. A communications assistant can connect you to this conversation by dialing ████████████. That number again, ████████████. Our live town hall will be recorded. To reach a live operator at AARP during business hours, call ██████████████. To reach AARP by mail, send your correspondence to the Programs Department at █████████████████████████████████████████. We want to hear from you, so please stay on the line and you will be connected to this toll free conversation shortly. Please hold while we connect you to the AARP event. This AARP event is currently in progress. Please note that this call may be monitored, recorded or rebroadcast. If you would like to listen in Spanish, press Star zero when you are connected to the live event. We'll be going over lots of information to help you understand open enrollment. With open enrollment starting in just three weeks on ██████████, now would be the perfect time to get started preparing. Now ██████, let me get things going with you. What are the basics of open enrollment? What do folks need to know? It is important to note that open enrollment is the same exact time every single year, which is █████████████████████████████. It doesn't matter which day of the week it falls on, it will always be █████████████████████████████████. And why is it important? Well, you can save money or get better coverage because we know plans can change from year to year and that new plans can be added every year. And it is important to take note of your lifestyle, your health and financial needs because we know that can also change over time. And so your plan that's good for you currently this year may not be the best plan for you in the the upcoming year. Also, as we know, not only that your providers can change, the medicine that you take can change. So all that is really important to note and make sure that it's still covered for the upcoming year and it's really your chance to make the change that you need to make and be in the driver's seat when making a choice. And all your changes that you make during open enrollment will begin ███████████. And we'll talk about this more later in the programming. But, but Medicare Advantage also has another open enrollment period which is ██████████████████████████████. Okay, wait a second. I did not realize that Medicare Advantage has its own open enrollment period separate from the original Medicare open enrollment. You know, some of our viewers, including me, enrolled in Medicare a bit of time ago and we may not remember all those details. So can we back it up and can you remind us about the differences between original Medicare and and Medicare Advantage? Yes. Original Medicare, or you may hear it referred to as traditional Medicare is your part A and your part B. A is going to be your hospital, B is going to be your medical. And how I like to remember that if you put hospital and medical and alphabetical order.