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Enrolling in Medicare

Overview: What to Know for Sign Up

1. Exploring Options

2. Enrolling While Working

3. Medicare Online Account

4. Get Help Enrolling

5. Medicare Agents and Brokers

6. Kidney Disease Enrollment

7. ALS Enrollment

Overview: First Time Signup

1. Initial Enrollment

2. Special Enrollment

3. When First Eligible I Didn't Enroll

4. Part B Penalty

5. Medicare Advantage Enrollment

6. Part D Enrollment

7. Part D Penalty

8. Buying Medigap

9. Medicare Card

10. Ten Steps After Enrollment

Overview: Changing Medicare Plans

1. Open Enrollment

2. Changing Medicare Coverage

3. Missed Open Enrollment

4. Changing Part C Plan

5. When to Enroll in Part D Plan

6. Do I Reenroll in My Part D Plan

7. Changing Part D Plan

8. Cancelling Medigap

Overview: Medicare with Other Coverage

1. After Public Service Career

2. Former Employer and Part B Coverage

3. Medicare and Spousal Insurance

4. Medicare and VA Healthcare

5. Medicare and Military Tricare

6. Military Tricare Medicare Spouse

7. Retiring Federal Employees

8. Medicare and Railroad Retirement Benefits

9. Medicare and COBRA

10. Medicare and Medicaid

What do I need to know to sign up?

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Whether you’re still working or are retired, learning about Medicare before you turn 65 is important.

You or your spouse may still have insurance from an employer. Even so, signing up for Part A as a supplement is smart because the premiums are free if you or your mate has worked the equivalent of 10 years and paid Medicare taxes.

Learn how to create online accounts to sign up and manage your Medicare information, why you might be eligible earlier than 65 and how to get personalized help from professionals.

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Series overview

1. Exploring Options

2. Enrolling While Working

3. Medicare Online Account

4. Get Help Enrolling

5. Kidney Disease Enrollment

6. ALS Enrollment

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