How To Apply For Your Medicare Card

If you don t have an account visit mymedicare gov to create one.

How to apply for your medicare card. The system allows you to save the application as you complete it in case you need to pause and return later. By calling social security toll free at 1 800 772 1213 tty users 1 800 325 0778 monday through friday from 7am to 7pm. Applying for a medicare card you can manually enroll in medicare part a and or medicare part b in the following ways. You can use a digital copy of your medicare card as soon as you enrol. If you are already receiving social security and are automatically enrolled you should receive your medicare card about two months prior to your 65th birthday.

Receiving your medicare card. You ll get your medicare card in the mail 2 months before your 65th. The agency will mail you a letter that you can use as proof of medicare eligibility until you receive your new medicare card. Go to apply online for medicare part b during a special enrollment period and complete cms 40b and cms l564. In person at a local social security office over the phone by calling 800 772 1213 between 7 a m.

Visit ssa gov benefits medicare and click apply for medicare only follow the online instructions to complete the application and return to this page to retrieve an application saved or to check the status of your completed application. Online through the social security website. Getting your own medicare card at 15 years old. Mail your cms 40b cms l564 and evidence to your local social security field office. Fax your forms to 1 833 914 2016.

Complete the application to copy or transfer from one medicare card to another form. And 7 p m monday through friday online by visiting. You can have your own medicare card if you re aged 15 or older and enrolled in medicare. After you apply for medicare insurance and are accepted into the program you will generally receive your medicare card within about three weeks. To get your own card you need to complete a form.

You can get a new medicare card if it expires or is lost stolen or damaged. You can apply for medicare in three ways. Then upload your evidence of group health plan or large group health plan. If you need to replace your card because you think that someone else is using your number call us at 1 800 medicare 1 800 633 4227. Tty users can call 1 877 486 2048.