Hello
I recently signed up for Social Security and my first check will be in June. I prepaid my Medicare for April, May and June but the letter I received today states my first check will have three months deducted. How do I get this straightened out.

I have been receiving Medicare coverage because of Social Security Disability. I will be turning 65 in June of this year. If I do nothing -- would I automatically be enrolled into Medicare when I turn 65 with exactly the same Medicare coverage as I had while receiving Medicare while on SSDI disability.

Hello.

I paid my Medicare in October 2021 for November-December 2021 and January 2022. I am getting Social Security since January 2022 and with this I paid overpaid Medicare for January.

I am 69 and will retire on June 30. Until now my medical insurance has been through my employer, and will need go on Medicare beginning July 1. I terminated my health savings account (HSA) last December to avoid penalties when I join Medicare. Today (April 4) I went online and signed up for Medicare, indicating a start date of July 1.

Why do we have to pay Medicare every three months??? It's a real hardship

I am 65 . Still work and am being billed quarterly for my Medicare, Why am I still paying a Medicare tax from my employer paychecks

Hi. The Medicare payroll taxes deducted from earnings fund only Part A of Medicare, not any other parts of Medicare. That's why insured individuals pay no monthly premium for part A coverage, but do have to pay premiums for the other optional parts of Medicare.

Best, Jerry

I started my social security at 62,and will be turning 65 soon.... I do not want option B ,do they take it out automatically without me wanting it....all ready have Government insurance and VA insurance, so do not want Plan B . Do I have to inform them of such ?

Hi Larry,

I see that many people have this issue of duplicate Medicare Part B premium payments, because they get billed for 3 months, even though they're starting Social Security within that 3 month period. I likely will have the same thing happen next month too.

Like others on this ask-larry forum, I too have searched & searched online & find virtually nothing addressing this, other than this blog - CONGRATS to you.

I started Part B on January 1st and because I hadn’t started receiving SS yet, I was billed for 3 months Part B premium. My SS benefits began in February when I turned 70, and I got the first payment today (March 16). Noticed that Medicare premium was withheld, so haven’t I doubled-paid the premium for at least the month of March? If so, how do I deal with it?