A question about Medicare

debbie in seattle

debbie in seattle

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Applied online, was approved (effective 2/1/2018). When I was reading the information, it stated I was approved for A&B and the amount due per month was $0. I am not on SS and will not be on it for another year. Does that make sense to you? I thought Medicare cost so much per month.

Thanks for your help.
 

Debbie, my husband is on Medicare and he gets a bill for around $400 every three months. The Kaiser Advantage plan if $0. My medicare hasn't started yet, but I assume the cost will be similar.
 

My husband is on Clover Medicare and he pays no premiums. But I have Aetna (a group plan) and per my SS statement, I was just hiked to $132 which ate up the alleged COLA. The state does reimburse $46 of that each month, however.
 
Medicare Part B is $134/month in 2018 (assuming Part A is free for you, as it is for most people with a work history). That's what you should be paying when they bill you, unless you are making more than $85,000 as an individual. Since I enrolled in Medicare later because I was receiving better benefits at my job, my Part B premiums are deducted from my SS before I receive my monthly benefit (I was already receiving Social Security while still working).

For Part B premium payment info go to https://www.medicare.gov/your-medicare-costs/paying-parts-a-and-b/pay-parts-a-and-b-premiums.html

For Part B cost, go to https://www.medicare.gov/your-medicare-costs/costs-at-a-glance/costs-at-glance.html

Best,
Sharon S. Campbell, Author of Medicare Enrollment Personal Workbook
 
My Medicare A (Hospitalization) is free. My Medicare B use to be $108 per month premium, automatically taken out of my SS payment each month. Just checked and now I have $125 taken out for Medicare B.
 
pay $134. a month for mine , I did't have enough work credits, so I go under my wife, I have BC/BS about $ 400. a month , then a dental plan about $200 a month
 

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