Except as provided in section 3833, a person not insured under an individual or group hospital, medical, or surgical expense incurred policy as specified in subsection (1), after applying for coverage under a medicare supplemental policy required to be offered under subsection (1), shall be entitled to coverage under a medicare supplemental policy that may include a provision for exclusion from preexisting conditions for 6 months after the inception of coverage, consistent with the provisions of section 3819(2)(a) or 3819a(3)(a).