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Start with you,
not the plan.

Join The Clearing when you want more than Medicare information.

The Program begins with your situation — your doctors, prescriptions, timing, budget, priorities, and concerns. It helps organize what matters, identify what is missing, and verify the details that could change the answer.

You still make the decision. Fern gives you a steady place to ask, think, and return, while the Program preserves the work so you do not have to start over later.

The Library helps you understand the terrain. Membership helps you work through the route that applies to you.

·No plan sales·No carrier commissions·No enrollment pressure
Choose the way you want to join

One membership includes the primary member plus up to two additional users.

Founding membership
$169 annually

Join by August 10 and keep the $169 annual rate while membership remains uninterrupted.

Public pricing begins August 20 at $299 annually or $39 monthly.

Founding annual rate $169·Regular annual rate $299·A $130 annual difference, kept every year you stay.
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Includes the primary member plus up to two additional users. The Self-Audit is always free.

The Handbook and full Program
Fern, your private guide
The Community
Primary member plus two additional users

Cancel before the next billing date to prevent the next renewal charge.

Three parts help you complete the work.

The Handbook explains
The Clearing Handbook

Situation-based guidance for understanding, making, and managing Medicare decisions.

See the full map
Fern helps you think it through
Fern

A private, plan-neutral sounding board for asking questions, thinking through tradeoffs, and returning when something still does not make sense.

Meet Fern
The Community adds lived perspective
The Community

Members-only questions and honest Field Reports showing what happened after other Medicare decisions were made.

See the Community
One membership includes the primary member plus up to two additional users. Access does not create legal authority.  See how shared access works · See the Caregiver Track

Also included: Self-Audit · Requirements List · Blueprint · Decision tools & worksheets · Caregiver Track · Annual Review  Explore The Program

You do not enter an empty account.

You begin with the decision in front of you. After joining, you start with the situation that brought you here — not a blank dashboard or a course you must complete in order.

First
Set up the people involved

Confirm who should participate in the decision.

Next
Complete the Self-Audit

Gather the facts that shape the decision.

Then
Begin your Blueprint

Start your Requirements List and first working record.

After that
Use Fern and the tools you need

Work the decision in front of you with Fern and the Handbook.

You do not need to complete everything. You need to complete the next useful piece of work.

The Clearing may fit the way you want to work.

It may fit if you want to
Understand your situation before comparing plans
Organize doctors, prescriptions, costs, timing, and priorities
Prepare better questions for Medicare, SHIP, plans, or agents
Preserve why a decision was made
Revisit the work when something changes
Include family or caregivers
It may not be right if you want
Someone to choose a plan for you
Immediate enrollment
Direct medical, legal, tax, or financial advice
A guaranteed result
A one-time answer with no ongoing work

The Clearing is designed to improve the work before, during, and after the decision. It does not replace Medicare, SHIP, licensed agents, plans, providers, attorneys, or financial professionals.

The terms in plain English.

The operating rules in one line each. The full answers live on the Program Questions page.

Billing
The amount charged matches the offer you select and your checkout confirmation.
Renewal
Annual memberships renew annually; monthly memberships renew monthly.
Cancellation
Cancel before the next billing date to prevent the next renewal charge.
Additional users
The primary member plus up to two additional users, subject to workspace permissions.
Membership access
Access to the Program, Fern, the Community, and member tools while the membership is active.
No commissions
The Clearing takes no carrier commissions, sells no plans, and enrolls no one in coverage.
Privacy
Your private member work and your Community participation stay clearly separated.

Review the part you are still unsure about.

Understand what you are joining before you enter payment information. Start with the question on your mind.

Not sure which page answers your question? Ask Hazel to point you to the right public resource.

Ready when you are.

Join when you want Medicare information organized around your situation, a steady place to ask and think, and a record you can return to when something changes.

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