# What happens to my prescriptions if my plan ends?

Your drug coverage ends with the plan — Medicare states that if your plan is leaving Medicare, you must join a new Medicare drug plan to keep drug coverage, and it will not transfer automatically.

Of everything that can go wrong when a plan ends, an interrupted prescription is the most immediate. What Medicare says Medicare's drug coverage reminder tells people whose plan is leaving Medicare that they must join a new Medicare drug plan in order to have drug coverage. A practical sequence List every prescription, dose, and pharmacy. When you compare plans, compare them against that list, not against a premium alone. If you move to Original Medicare or to a Medicare Supplement, you still need a separate Medicare drug plan. Timing Open Enrollment runs October 15 to December 7, and a plan termination also opens a Special Enrollment Period, so ask 1-800-MEDICARE which window applies to you before assuming you are late.

## Sources
- [Drug coverage reminder](https://www.medicare.gov/basics/forms-publications-mailings/mailings/costs-and-coverage/drug-coverage-reminder) — Medicare.gov
- [Remember key Medicare dates (CMS Publication 12192)](https://www.medicare.gov/publications/12192-remember-key-medicare-dates.pdf) — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- [Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs)](https://www.medicare.gov/basics/get-started-with-medicare/get-more-coverage/joining-a-plan/special-enrollment-periods) — Medicare.gov
- [Talk to someone](https://www.medicare.gov/talk-to-someone) — Medicare.gov

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