by Toni King | Mar 15, 2024 | Medicare, Toni Says
How Do I Enroll in Medicare? Hello Toni: I am turning 65 in July and am bombarded with mail and telemarketing calls. I am not receiving Social Security and a friend who just got Medicare is receiving her Social Security check. Do I have to be receiving my...
by Toni King | Feb 13, 2024 | Medicare, Medicare Part B
Terminated Medicare Part B 5 Years Ago…Now I Have a Gigantic Problem! Toni: Five years ago, when I was laid off, I enrolled in Medicare Parts A&B when I turned 65 in August. By November, I found a new job with benefits and terminated my Medicare Part B. In...
by Toni King | Jan 19, 2024 | Social Security, Toni Says
Social Security’s Unique Way of Lowering Medicare Part B/D Premiums Dear Toni, I turned 65 in November and enrolled in Medicare. I received a letter from Social Security stating that I must pay $527.50 for Part B and $70 for Part D totaling $597.50 monthly. The...
by Toni King | Jan 19, 2024 | Medicare, retirement
Confusion over Medicare’s Turning 65 Rule! Toni, My issue regarding how to enroll in Medicare is different than any enrollment problem that I have read in the Toni Says Medicare column. I understand from an email a friend received from Medicare.gov last year...
by Toni King | Aug 3, 2022 | Social Security
Social Security Disability’s Medicare Enrollment Rules Dear Toni, My husband has met his 24th month of being on Social Security Disability which qualifies him for Medicare. His disability is because of a severe case of Parkinson’s. On August1st his Medicare...
