Do  MA PD - Medicare Advantage or Medi Gap plans allow a visitor or traveler option? 
What are the Residency Requirements to Qualify for Medicare?

You are eligible to enroll in an Medicare Advantage plan if you permanently reside in the service area of the plan.  A temporary move into the service area does not enable you to enroll. 
EXCEPTIONS...(20.3)
 

A California resident is any individual who is:

In California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose; or Domiciled in California, but outside California for a temporary or transitory purpose.
(See Meaning of Domicile on page 7).

An individual domiciled in California who is outside California for a temporary or transitory purpose remains a resident.
A nonresident is any individual who is not a resident.
A part-year resident is any individual who is a California resident for part of the year and a nonresident for part of the year.
(ftb.ca.gov/)

CA Guidelines for Determining (Medicare) Residency

The underlying theory of residency is that you are a resident of the place where you have the closest connections.

The following list shows some of the factors you can use to help determine your residency status. Since your residence is usually the place where you have the closest ties, you should compare your ties to California with your ties elsewhere. In using these factors, it is the strength of your ties, not just the number of ties, that determines your residency.

Factors to consider:

Amount of time you spend in California versus amount of time you spend outside California;
Location of your spouse and children;
Location of your principal residence;
Where your driver's license was issued;
Where your vehicles are registered;
Where you maintain your professional licenses;
Where you are registered to vote;
Location of the banks where you maintain accounts;
Location of your doctors, dentists, accountants, and attorneys;
Location of the church, temple or mosque, professional associations, or social and country clubs of which you are a member;
Location of your real property and investments;
Permanence of your work assignments in California; and
Location of your social ties. (ftb.ca.gov/)

Caution: This is only a partial list of the factors to consider.
You must consider all the facts of your particular situation to determine your residency status..

When Must We End Your Membership in the Plan?
 

Our plan must end your membership in the plan if any of the following happen:
If you do not stay continuously enrolled in Medicare Part A and Part B.
If you move out of our service area for more than six months.
If you move or take a long trip, you need to call Customer Service to find out if the place you are moving or traveling to is in our plan's area.
(Freedom Blue EOC Page)

Service Area - "Service area" is the geographic area approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) within which an eligible individual may enroll in a certain plan, and in the case of network plans, where a network must be available to
provide services.
(Freedom Blue EOC Page 157)

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50.2.1 - Members Who Change Residence
MA organizations may offer (or continue to offer) extended "visitor" or "traveler" programs to members of coordinated care  plans who have been out of the service area for up to 12 months. The MA organizations that offer such programs do not have to disenroll members in these extended programs who remain out of the service area for more than 6 months but less than 12 months. ...Organizations offering MA-PFFS plans may allow continued enrollment of individuals absent from the plan service area for up to 12 months,...

MA organizations offering plans without these programs must disenroll members who have been out of the service area for more than 6 months.


 

An SEP, (Special Enrollment Period) as defined in 0.4.1, applies to individuals who are disenrolled due to a change in residence. An individual may choose another MA or Part D plan (either a PDP or MAPD) during this SEP.50.2.1

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Medicare's site on residency
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Article on Medicare across the Borders.
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for Medicare, should I maintain an address in US or is it ok to use Thailand?


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