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Your first Medicare billing surprise - MedicalNewsToday.com
Around your 65th birthday, you will have a 7-month window of time when you can sign up for Medicare. It is called your Initial Enrollment Period — or IEP for short. Your IEP includes your 65th birthday month, as well as the 3 months preceding and the 3 months following. Depending on three factors, your Medicare bill may be higher than you expected. Why? Medicare bills are issued every three months unless you are on a monthly payment schedule, and could include premiums for months that you were enrolled before the first billing was done. Your bill or statement will outline exactly the dates and periods for which you are paying. Faye Stewart, writing for MedicalNewsToday, reviews the three reasons your Medicare bill may be higher than expected. Read Ms. Stewart’s article here…
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