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The Lawrence Medicare Blog
Short articles from Adam on the parts of Medicare that keep coming up in Lawrence, written when something changes rather than on a publishing calendar.
Three articles are up so far, all written by Adam, and all circling the same corner of the subject: what Medicare does in Lawrence, Kansas, and what a person here actually has to decide about it. If you want the shape of the whole program instead of one piece of it, the page on Medicare plans in Lawrence sets the Parts out in order, and Lawrence Medicare guidance is a phone call away for whatever reading does not settle.
Latest posts
Newest first. Each one takes a single question and stays on it.
Medicare Changes in 2026 for Lawrence Residents
April 2026
The premium, the deductible and the drug ceiling all moved for this year, and the post walks each shift down to what it does to one household budget.
What to Do When Your Medicare Card Arrives
April 2026
Six things worth doing in the week after the envelope lands, plus the phone calls that are trying to take something from you rather than give it.
Part D Formulary Changes and Your Prescriptions
April 2026
Drug lists get rewritten between plan years, so here is the checking routine to run before a prescription surprises you at the pharmacy counter.
Start here
These pages cover far more ground than any single article does, and most first questions are answered on one of them.
- Turning 65 in Lawrence: the seven-month window and the decisions sitting inside it.
- The T-65 checklist: what to handle in which month, in order.
- Seven mistakes to avoid: the errors that cost the most, and what undoes each one.
- Medicare plans in Lawrence: how Parts A, B, C and D fit against each other.
- The Medigap guide: Plan G, Plan N and the Kansas rules around them.
- Part D drug plans: matching a prescription list to a formulary.
Or start from where you are
Four situations, and one of them is probably yours.
- I turn 65 soon: your enrollment window is open already or nearly so.
- I already have Medicare: a once-a-year look at whether the plan still fits.
- It is Open Enrollment: the fall stretch for changing a drug or Advantage plan.
- I am helping a parent: the Lawrence offices and programs behind those calls.
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