tom qualley is here to help make the medicare enrollment process easy for everyone. welcome back tom. >> real easy. >> this is the time of year people get a little nervous because medicare enrollment is in full swing until what this is the time to do it. so this is the time to take action, get in touch with us, you know they can call us, email us, to stop by our website and request information or read about things. now really is the time to do it and thanksgiving is coming up next week. >> yes next week. i know people have to get on it you're going to get busy and people are going to forget the date. for people who are on medicare, what does it mean for them? >> you know people that are on medicare, people need to really think about their rights. >> uh-huh. >> this is their right to shop around, and make a change to something that may put them in better situation. they might also be right where they need to be, but it's good to get confirmation on that too. >> absolutely it can mean money in your pocket. >> absolutely. when you mention competition there is competition

here to explain how they do it is tom qualley, and his trustee true false paddle too we brought. i like it. we're going to ask him some questions. great to see you. >> that's a tremendous amount of money to be saving people. >> it's really nice. >> that is awesome. >> i have been tracking it this year, it's really adding up fast. >> good for you great news for people. the annual enrolt ends december 7. and especially with the holiday now being upon us, people really have to act right? >> true or false? >> true. true. >> started october 15 will end december 7. >> december 7. >> this is true and they only really have that amount of time to make changes right? >> once december 8 hits, it's all over. you know so, open enrollment actually used to end december 31. ago they changed it to december 7th and so a lot of people think sometimes i have until the end of the year it's not a big deal, but really, they only have until december 7 so we'll get calls sometimes december 15 or 16 and people say hey, i need to review my medicare plan before the end of the year sorry you can't. unfortuna

tom qualley is here with his true or false paddle we're going to have a simple, but important quiz about medicare. are you going to give me the true and false. >> you can ask me i will just do it. >> i think people need something to be focused on. this is a important thing that people can focus on to take care of their own health. take control. talk to you. here's aou going to do a quiz see if you can play along and get these correct. the first one open enrollment started october 15 and will end december 31 do you think it is true or false? the answer is false. >> what is the deal tom? >> it used to end december 31. a few years ago, actually, four or five years ago it used to end december 31 then it was changed and now it ends december 7. >> i think that's hard for people. >> december 7th it's nice for us because we can actually enjoy the holidays a little more and things like that, but because we're so busy. but, with the change in timing, a lot of people don't realize that hey they got to get it done by december 7, and a lot of times december 15 we're getting calls or after christmas,

tom qualley is the ceo and he is back to educate us all. >> thanks for having me on. >> this is an important time of year. annual open enrollment is in full swing until december 7. i know that sounds a long way away, but it really is not. >> t december 7th comes really fast. with all of the holidays and shopping all of the things families and people have going on december 7th happens really quickly. during open enrollment people have the opportunity and it is their legal right, people that are on medicare, specifically, have a legal right to actually shop around their current medicare advantage, medicare supplement or part d prescription drug plan. see what is out there, see if there is something new, see if there is a way they can save they can change their plan without any health questions asked. they are guaranteed accepted in. >> i think that's a huge key. no health questions asked. but a lot of people say this sounds like a lot of work. i don't have the time to go through the mail. i don't have the time to go through all of the stuff. that's where you come in. >> that's where we come in