Jim Shagawat and Mary Jeanne Cullen review how and when to sign up for Medicare to get the best benefits. By Jim Shagawat and Mary Jeanne Cullen In 1965, Congress enacted Medicare to provide ...

If you sign up for a new Part D plan — or a Medicare Advantage plan that includes drug coverage — during the OEP, your coverage will begin on January 1 of the following year.

You may want to sign up for Medicare as soon as you're allowed to. You can sign up for Social Security at the same time, but you may not want to for one big reason – filing for benefits at 65 ...

Most people should sign up for Part A, which covers in-patient and hospital care, as soon as they are eligible; it’s generally free. If you’re still working and you get health insurance from ...

As you approach 65, you might wonder how to sign up for Medicare. Enrollment in Medicare is automatic if you get Social Security. Otherwise, you need to apply for Medicare.

I’m 65 and Still Working. Should I Enroll in Medicare? How to decide if it’s the right time to sign up for Medicare and the costs of late enrollment.

Your initial window to sign up for Medicare starts three months before the month of your 65th birthday, and it ends three months after that month. And your coverage itself begins at 65. Key ...

Question: I am turning 65 in May of 2017 and wondering about all this information about Open Enrollment. Should I be signing up now for Medicare and whatever other insurance I need? Answer: First, I ...

Medicare enrollment has very little flexibility. Dear MarketWatch, Many of my peers insist that I need to sign up for Social Security now that I’m 65 and that I have a limited “window” of ...

2. You'll reduce your monthly Social Security benefits if you sign up with Medicare at 65. You may want to sign up for Medicare as soon as you're allowed to. You can sign up for Social Security at the ...

I will be 65 soon. When do I sign up for Medicare? You can enroll in Medicare as early as three months before the month you turn 65 and up to three.