Episode 268: What You Need to Know About Open Enrollment with Nicole Vasquez

If you're on Medicare, or you get your health insurance through the healthcare.gov marketplace or one of the state health insurance exchanges, then you might already know that the annual open enrollment period is about to get underway or, in some cases, is already underway. Health insurance policies change. Physician networks change. Drug formularies often change. Deductibles change. And if you're living with MS, you can't afford to go through open enrollment assuming that the health insurance policy you have this year will be the best coverage for you next year. Nicole Vasquez returns to the podcast to discuss the things you should carefully consider during open enrollment. Nicole is one of the National MS Society's MS Navigators and she'll be sharing information and resources that you can use to make the best health insurance decisions for yourself and your family. Can you spare 5 minutes? I have a quick favor to ask each of you. I'll also tell you about the Supreme Court decision that, for now, clears the way for Gilenya generics. You'll hear about a new cell therapy being developed that will use nanotechnology to eliminate Epstein-Barr Virus (and I'll remind you why that would be a massive step forward in ending MS). And we'll tell you about a University of Illinois research team that leveraged artificial intelligence to predict MS by observing how people walk. We have a lot to talk about! Are you ready for RealTalk MS??! Sharing some listener feedback  :22 This Week: Open enrollment  3:06 Will you do me a quick favor?  5:06 Supreme Court clears the way for Gilenya generics   7:25 Cell therapy will use nano-technology to eliminate EBV  8:25 Research team uses AI to identify people living with MS   10:55 MS Navigator Nicole Vasquez gets you ready for open enrollment  13:57 Share this episode  32:32 Download the RealTalk MS app for your iOS or Android device   32:52 SHARE THIS EPISODE OF REALTALK MS Just copy this link & paste it into your text or email: https://realtalkms.com/269 ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION I've always thought about the RealTalk MS podcast as a conversation. And this is your opportunity to join the conversation by sharing your feedback, questions, and suggestions for topics that we can discuss in future podcast episodes. Please shoot me an email or call the RealTalk MS Listener Hotline and share your thoughts! Email: [email protected] Phone: (310) 526-2283 And don't forget to join us in the RealTalk MS Facebook group! LINKS If your podcast app doesn't allow you to click on these links, you'll find them in the show notes in the RealTalk MS app or at www.RealTalkMS.com Take the iConquer MS Caregiver Survey https://realtalkms.com/caregiver STUDY: A Vision-Based Framework for Predicting Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease Gait Dysfunctions -- A Deep-Learning Approach https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9896159 Join the RealTalk MS Facebook Group https://facebook.com/groups/realtalkms Download the RealTalk MS App for iOS Devices https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/realtalk-ms/id1436917200 Download the RealTalk MS App for Android Deviceshttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.wizzard.android.realtalk Give RealTalk MS a rating and review http://www.realtalkms.com/review Follow RealTalk MS on Twitter, @RealTalkMS_jon, and subscribe to our newsletter at our website, RealTalkMS.com. RealTalk MS Episode 268 Guest: Nicole Vasquez Tags: MS, MultipleSclerosis, MSResearch, MSSociety, RealTalkMS Privacy Policy