How To Apply For Medicare When You Turn 65
Otherwise you need to apply for medicare.
How to apply for medicare when you turn 65. Call 1 800 medicare 1 800 633 4227 tty users 1 877 486 2048. Getting medicare is a major milestone. Before you choose a path below check out these 5 important facts. Learn more to learn about medicare plans you may be eligible for you can. Broadly there are two options.
Contact the medicare plan directly. 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Some people get medicare automatically and some have to sign up you may have to sign up if you re 65 or almost 65 and not getting social security. Social security processes all medicare applications for medicare. You also get automatic medicare enrollment if you receive railroad retirement board benefits or have been on social security disability for 24 months.
The best time to do that depends entirely on your own situation. Anyone receiving social security benefits at least three months before they turn 65 is enrolled in medicare parts a and b automatically. Unless you are receiving your social security check at least 90 days prior to turning 65 then medicare has no idea that you are turning 65 and should be receiving your medicare card with parts a and or b because social security doesn t know that you are turning 65. During your initial enrollment period iep this lasts for seven months of which the fourth one is the month in which you turn 65. Who has to apply for medicare.