Data-led articles on 2027 Medicare, Part D, the Colorado marketplace and supplemental coverage, written for Brighton, Adams County and the rest of Colorado and reviewed by Lisa Asmussen.
Retiring after 65 in Colorado gives you a special window to start Medicare without penalties, but the clock starts when your job or work coverage ends. Here is the timeline, the penalties and the mistakes to avoid.
If you had health coverage from your own or your spouse's current job, you get a Special Enrollment Period of 8 months to start Part B after the job or the coverage ends, whichever comes first.
COBRA does not count as job-based coverage for Part B and does not extend that 8-month window (CMS).
Original Medicare does not cover routine dental care, most glasses or hearing aids. Here is how Coloradans turning 65 fill the gap with Medicare Advantage extras or stand-alone plans.
Original Medicare does not cover routine cleanings, fillings, extractions, dentures, most eyeglasses, or hearing aids and fitting exams.
In Adams County, 36 Medicare Advantage plans from 10 carriers are offered for 2027. Many include some dental, vision or hearing extras, but the amounts differ plan by plan.
The standard Part B premium is $202.90 a month in 2026 and a hospital stay starts with a $1,736 deductible. Here is every 2026 Medicare cost in one place, with what it means for you in Colorado.
Most people pay no Part A premium. If you do not qualify for premium-free Part A, it costs up to $565 a month in 2026.
A hospital stay under Original Medicare starts with a $1,736 deductible per benefit period, then $434 a day for days 61 to 90.
A traditional funeral with viewing and burial had a national median cost of $8,300 in NFDA's latest study, before the cemetery. Here is how final expense insurance can cover it.
The National Funeral Directors Association's 2023 study put the national median cost of a funeral with viewing and burial at $8,300, and with viewing and cremation at $6,280.
Those medians leave out the cemetery plot, monument or marker, and cash-advance items such as flowers and obituaries.
Published October 1, 2026 · Colorado
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