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Medicare Part A is mandatory for all seniors when they turn 65. No choice.

However, you do not have to enroll in any other Medicare programs.

The only intersection of the SS and Medicare programs is when you turn 65 and Medicare Part A is mandated.

You will also be signed up for Part B but you can decline it to keep them from withdrawing $120 a month from your SS check every month.

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I was 62 so perhaps that is why I did not need to sign up until no longer covered by my wife a few years later