US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-01, ch. 2, § 20.3.2
General Enrollment Period (GEP)
Eligible persons who have not enrolled for premium hospital insurance during their IEP,
or whose premium hospital insurance has been terminated, may enroll during a GEP
(January 1 - March 31 of each year) if they are enrolling or have enrolled for SMI. As
with SMI, an eligible person who enrolls for hospital insurance during a GEP will have
hospital insurance coverage beginning the following July.
The same restrictions on enrollment and reenrollment apply as in the SMI program.
Individuals who enroll late may pay a 10 percent premium penalty.
History
(Rev. 1, 09-11-02)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
3d03feff16ccecd2e9d75c384cf38ed57bd7bf73a42170c47d302b8715cd5ef7
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