Soc. Security Notes

Soc. Security Notes

"I will soon be 65 but I have no intention of retiring; how do I enroll for medicare and how do I pay the premium for the medical insurance?" This is a familiar question to the employees of the Winchester social security office, according to Mrs. Hazel F. Daly, district manager. The answer is that you should file a claim for social security benefits and enroll for medical insurance in the process. This will involve proving your age because you must be 65 to be eligible for medicare. Mrs. Daly states that this can be very simple or can be more difficult depending upon the availability of evidence of birth but in no case is it impossible. ",We ..are required to obtain the best available evidence of your date of birth," says Mrs. Daly. “If you are fortunate enough to have been born in a location where a public record of your birth was made or if you were baptized as an infant into a church that has kept a record, the Social Security Administration will need a copy of this record. Ii you are not so fortunate, other records can be used and our employees will help you find them."

If you consider this to be a lot of “red tape", remember that public funds held in trust are involved and not only the possible expenditure of sizeable sums for medical care, but the amount of your monthly social security payment now or later is dependent upon when you attained the age of 65. If your age is properly established for medicare, this will be behind you and the payment of cash benefits when due you will be a snap according to Mrs. Daly.

The $3 per month premium for medical insurance will be deducted from your social security check if you are receiving a social security check. If you are still working and your earnings do not allow you to receive social security benefits, you will have to pay this premium to the Social