Who's on Medicare?

[TractorGuy]

We just waited 40 minutes on Skype this week to speak with the Social Security office.
Social Security sent my husband a letter in France and said you will automatically get Part A but if you want Part B you have to sign up for it. So I filled in the form and we mailed it in in July. This week he gets his Medicare card and it said, "Hospital Only" which is Part A, so we called. The Social Security Service Rep had never heard of Medicare issing an only Part A Card so she put us on hold and investigated. She said it must be that we live in France that they didn't automatically give my husband Part B. She said that our form was received and scanned in the system and eventually they will send a corrected card that will show Part A & B. Weird, huh? We travel back to the US and used to buy travel insurance but now that he is on Medicare we won't bother with travel insurance for him any more.

My wife just received the letter saying she would automatically be signed up for A and B unless she sent in the form to opt out of B. She had it signed and ready to mail but I said hold on. If I go ahead and retire we will both need A and B. I'm 99 percent sure I am gonna go for it in January.

 

[k0ua]

My wife just received the letter saying she would automatically be signed up for A and B unless she sent in the form to opt out of B. She had it signed and ready to mail but I said hold on. If I go ahead and retire we will both need A and B. I'm 99 percent sure I am gonna go for it in January.

you do not want to miss your B window (7 month window) unless you have "credible coverage". But it sounds like you may have that on her already.

 

[Streetcar]

Medicare.gov will show the plan options in your area for part b