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PEOPLE who didn’t sign up for Medicare medical insurance when, they first became eligible or who have cancelled the protection once can enroll now through March 31 at any social security office, according to Phillip E. Bettendorf, social security district manager in Winchester.
Medicare medical insurance is offered automatically to people' who reach 65 and are eligible for social security benefits—and to disabled people under 65 who have been entitled to monthly social security disability benefits for 24 consecutive months or more. Nine out of ten people eligible are enrolled in the program, according to Bettendorf. -
“But some people decline the protection when they’re first eligible,” he said. “And some sign up once and cancel later. They can enroll in the first three months of any year.”
THE MEDICAL insurance helps pay doctor bills and other medical expenses and is the voluntary part of Medicare, funded by individual premiums and Federal general revenues. The basic premium is
96.6%