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To: tbw2
According to the government you must sign up for Medicare at age 65. If you wait you are penalized with higher medicare premiums...for life. I know of two people that didn't sign up at 65 and this happened to them.

Also, if you do not sign up for some form of medicare prescription coverage at 65 you will also be penalized, with higher premiums, when you do purchase prescription coverage.

It's truly a government forced racket.

22 posted on 08/02/2018 9:36:15 AM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Oorang
According to the government you must sign up for Medicare at age 65. If you wait you are penalized with higher medicare premiums...for life.

Medicare A comes without charge, so you might as well sign up for it. Medicare B is optional. You are not required to sign up for it, but you should have an alternative available if you don't. The decision depends on your own particular situation. But for every year past 65 that you don't sign up for B, the premium does go up 10% if you eventually jump in.

35 posted on 08/02/2018 9:44:15 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 trillion dollars.)
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