How to enroll in Medicare Part B when losing your job

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Have you been laid off and need Medicare Part B? Read below on how to get it.

Were you Medicare eligible but receiving company benefits before you were laid off?

  • Call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213 and advise them that you have left your employment and need to enroll in Medicare Part B.
  • You will have a special enrollment period that will last an 8-month period without receiving a Part B penalty.
  • There are 2 forms that Social Security will send you. You are applying for Special Enrollment Period (SEP).
    • Form #QMB No0938-0787 known as Request for Employment Information: for proof of group health care coverage based on current employment. This information is needed to process your Medicare enrollment application. If you have had 2 or more jobs since turning 65, then all companies have to sign this form.
    • Form HCFA-40B known as Application for Enrollment in Medicare: this is your application for medical insurance from Medicare known as Part B. Social Security fills out this form.

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