If you want to enroll in Medicare Part B, you can do so when you first become eligible for Medicare via the Social Security Administration (SSA) website. This is the quickest sign-up option.

Turning 65 can be daunting in more ways than one. For many North Carolinians, the weeks before their birthday are accompanied by a deluge of advertisements and mailings for various Medicare plans. The ...

Are you planning to enroll in Medicare for the first time? Enrollment is done through Social Security, although some people with retirement or disability benefits will find themselves automatically ...

If you don't make the right choices, you could end up with higher Medicare premiums and high out-of-pocket costs.

Medicare has several key periods. This includes the Initial Enrollment Period, when a person can first sign up. During the General Enrollment Period and Open Enrollment Period, a person can switch or ...

You may first sign up for Medicare during a period that begins 3 months before your 65th birthday and ends 3 months afterward. There are other set enrollment periods throughout the year where you may ...

Patient advocates say they frequently hear from people who thought they didn’t need to sign up for Medicare when they turned 65 because they had group health coverage. That delay sometimes forces ...

If signing up for Medicare seems like a daunting task amid a maze of bureaucracy, Liz McPherson and Devani Unbewust, insurance agents in Teller County, say it’s not time to panic. “Gov. (Jared) Polis ...

Medicare Part B is medical insurance. Original Medicare forms when combining Part A (hospital insurance) and Part B. People often enroll in Part A and Part B together when they first become eligible ...