NU Online News Service, Oct. 8, 2003, 11:12 a.m. EST – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, will hold a special statewide open enrollment from Oct. 15 to Dec. 31 for its Medicare supplement health insurance plans.
If consumers buy Medigap coverage during the open enrollment, the coverage will take effect Jan. 1, 2004.
If consumers wait until the regular open enrollment period, which starts in February 2004, coverage will not take effect until June 1, 2004, Massachusetts Blue says.