Medicare EasyPay, Charged Twice in September

[TromboneAl]

My medicare premium was paid twice on 9/20 (on Easy Pay). Apparently this has happened to others as well (according to Boomer Benefits).

Did it happen to you?

My plan is to wait a week for Medicare to figure out what went wrong, and if it isn't fixed by then, I'll call.

 

[TromboneAl]

UPDATE:

From my chat with Medicare (very fast and responsive!):

[10:15:30 am]: Sandra
Thank you for contacting Medicare.
I will be happy to assist you today. Your Medicare Part B premium has been deducted twice from your checking account. Correct?
[10:15:38 am]: ALAN
Yes.
[10:16:24 am]: Sandra
I do apologize. We are aware of the double billing. We are working to refund your money. However, it may take until October 1 for you to receive your refund.

 

[MissMolly]

It happened to me too. I had recently signed up for SS to begin spousal payments in November and was thinking it might have something to do with that - but after reading this I now know it's just a goof-up on the part of SS. I was just going to keep an eye on it and see what happened. Thanks for posting this.

 

[braumeister]

Pretty standard for those of us who paid our Medicare with their Easy Pay system before filing for SS benefits. I never even bothered to contact them and they corrected it the next month.

 

[mn54]

rather than sign up for easy pay where they automatically deduct from your checking account, I control when it gets paid through the mediare.gov website and I can charge it on my c.c. with no extra fee.

 

[lemming]

Soooo,,the guy that got let go from Vanguard after the Wellington incident found a job working for Medicare?

 

[MissMolly]

T-Al have you seen a refund yet? I have not and was wondering if it was time to try calling Medicare?

 

[MissMolly]

OK, I take it back. My refund hit my bank account this morning. All is good.

 

[TromboneAl]

I haven't seen it yet. They're probably using the float to build a wall.

 

[MissMolly]

I haven't seen it yet. They're probably using the float to build a wall.

 

[TN Jim]

MIL refund was posted today (Monday, 9/30/2019).