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Ms. Claggett is sixty-six (66) years old. She has been covered under Original Medicare for the last six years due to her disability and has never been enrolled in a Medicare Advantage or a Part D plan before. She wants to enroll in a Part D plan. She knows that there is such a thing as the “Part D Initial Enrollment Period” (IEP) and has concluded that, since she has never enrolled in such a plan before, she should be eligible to enroll under this period. What should you tell her about how the Part D Initial Enrollment Period applies to her situation? a. It occurs from October 15 to December 7 of each year, so she will have to wait until that point to utilize that particular enrollment period. b. Ms. Claggett has had two IEPs and missed them both. The first occurred three months before and three months after the month when she was first entitled to Part A OR enrolled in Part B. Because she was eligible for Medicare before age 65, Ms. Claggett had a second IEP based on turning age 65, which has also expired. c. The Part D Initial Enrollment Period occurs only when a beneficiary turns 62 so it cannot be used as the justificarion for allowing her to enroll at this point. d. It occurs from January 1 to February 14 of each year, so she will have to wait until that point to utilize that particular enrollment period.