Medicare Plans in Delray Beach, FL

Delray Beach began in the 1890s as Linton, a farm town started by Michigan congressman William S. Linton. A hard freeze in 1898 sent many settlers away, and the town took the name Delray in 1901, borrowed from a Detroit neighborhood. Japanese farmers of the Yamato Colony worked land nearby in the early 1900s, a history kept alive at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. Old School Square on Atlantic Ave. is the restored 1913 school campus. The city counted 66,846 residents in the 2020 census.

A lot of Delray Beach retirees live west of the city line, in communities like Kings Point, High Point and the Villages of Oriole. Those homes use Delray Beach addresses and ZIP codes like 33484 and 33446, but they sit in unincorporated Palm Beach County. For Medicare, that changes little. Medicare approves Advantage plans for a whole county at once, so a Kings Point address sees the same plan list as a downtown condo. Medigap prices can still shift with the ZIP code, so we quote with your exact address.

Linton Blvd. is the local medical strip. Delray Medical Center is at 5352 Linton Blvd., and the Delray Beach VA Clinic is also on Linton, at 4800 Linton Blvd., Suite E300. Palm Beach County also runs a Veteran Services office at 345 S. Congress Ave. that helps with VA benefit claims. If you're thinking about a Medicare Advantage HMO, check that your doctors and Delray Medical Center are both in network, and ask how referrals work for specialists. Networks can change every January, so it's worth checking again each fall.

The Delray Beach Public Library is at 100 W. Atlantic Ave., (561) 266-0194, and the county's Hagen Ranch Road Branch serves the western communities from 14350 Hagen Ranch Rd. Palm Tran keeps its offices at 100 N. Congress Ave. in Delray Beach, and a ride costs $1 with your Medicare card. Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches delivers in the area too. SHINE gives free counseling at 1-800-963-5337, and our licensed agents can price plans for you any weekday.

If you'd like someone to look over your coverage, call for a free review by phone. We compare your doctors, prescriptions and monthly budget with the plans we offer in Delray Beach. Each fall, from October 15 to December 7, you can check that your doctors will still be in network next year and change plans if they won't. You can also read up on Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement plans and Part D drug plans, or check your turning 65 timeline.