Prospect on SSDI + Medicare for 18 years. A & B only. No Rx plan. Turns 65 March, 2017.
Join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan when you're first eligible.
Technically he was first eligible for Medicare 18 years ago. Did not buy a drug plan when they were initially offered.
Can he buy a plan now without penalty?
And there is this.
Does Part D get a "reboot" in the same way as Medigap does?
He only has A & B but has applied for a Medigap plan to be effective the month in which he turns 65.
Join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan when you're first eligible.
https://www.medicare.gov/part-d/costs/penalty/ways-to-avoid-part-d-late-enrollment-penalty.htmlYou won't have to pay a penalty, even if you've never had prescription drug coverage before.
Technically he was first eligible for Medicare 18 years ago. Did not buy a drug plan when they were initially offered.
Can he buy a plan now without penalty?
And there is this.
https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/Partnerships/downloads/11222-P.pdfA person enrolled in a Medicare drug plan may owe a late
enrollment penalty if he or she goes without Part D or creditable prescription
drug coverage for any continuous period of 63 days or more after the end of his
or her Initial Enrollment Period for Part D coverage
Does Part D get a "reboot" in the same way as Medigap does?
He only has A & B but has applied for a Medigap plan to be effective the month in which he turns 65.