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To: tbw2
Do you have to sign up for Medicare when you sign up for Social Security? Can you take Social Security WITHOUT joining Medicare?

As I understand it, you must sign up for Medicare at 65 years of age. When you trigger Social Security has nothing to do with signing up for Medicare. In fact, if you sign up for SS before age 65, you'll automatically get signed up for Medicare when you turn 65. Folks here will correct me I'm sure if I'm wrong, but this is how I understand it.

11 posted on 08/02/2018 9:31:18 AM PDT by plsvn
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I’m 72 and still working. Because they automatically signed me up at 65, I did not know I was in Medicare. Last year my employer offered the Health Savings Account (HSA) which I signed up for. 10 months in they told me that I was inelgible because I was in the Medicare system even though I was on my work healthcare system. I had to repay all the copays and other medical bills that I used the HSA for and then I had to pay the income tax on it to boot. Writing a check for $2K was hard.


37 posted on 08/02/2018 9:46:26 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: plsvn

I signed up for Medicare Part A, required; I am working and will be covered by company provided insurance until about age 70. Won’t sign up for other coverage until then.


66 posted on 08/02/2018 10:04:35 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: plsvn

I was NOT required to sign up for Medicare & I did NOT do so.

Now 78, and have had only one instance where I could have used it. Cataract surgery. Got a decent CASH price from the doc. Paid Cash.


84 posted on 08/02/2018 10:21:07 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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Medicare Part A is automatic at age 65. You can delay Part B and Part D after age 65 without penalty if you are still working and you are covered under a qualified employer-sponsored plan.


152 posted on 08/02/2018 5:24:16 PM PDT by riverdawg
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