Just saw my first scrambled Medicare id # for 6.1.18

[DS4]

Here is the new format, #X## XX# XX##
#=number
X=letter

 

[VolAgent]

Did you remember your decoder ring?

 

[TwoCents]

Here is the new format, #X## XX# XX##
#=number
X=letter

Actually, positions 2, 5, 8, and 9 will always be alphabetic per CMS material; the rest are either/or. Also the letters S, L, O, I, B, and Z are never used.

 

[kgmom219]

New to Medicare? What's the effective dates? And what state?

 

[VolAgent]

New to Medicare? What's the effective dates? And what state?

I don't think he wants to tell us his birthday...

 

[goillini52]

New to Medicare? What's the effective dates? And what state?

Newly eligibles get theirs 1st. Heres the schedule for the states.
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/New-Medicare-Card/NMC-Mailing-Strategy.pdf

 

[Life Hawk]

Newly eligibles get theirs 1st. Heres the schedule for the states.
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/New-Medicare-Card/NMC-Mailing-Strategy.pdf

It's like the phone companies... the best deals are for those who are new enrollees. If you've been with them the last 18 years, they are just waiting for your to die.

 

[DS4]

New to Medicare? What's the effective dates? And what state?

New to Medicare for 6.1.18 in Ca

 

[DS4]

I don't think he wants to tell us his birthday...

I was new to Medicare last June. haha

 

[somarco]

I was new to Medicare last June. haha

Had you known you would live this long you would have taken better care of yourself.

Rick is about 20 yrs past his life expectancy