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Afternoon.
I am a retired federal Dept of Army civilian since 2014. As I approach age 65, I will need to switch to Medicare as my primary insurance and then use one of our retirement plans as secondary insurance.
I received a Medicare Card in the mail, it said to start 1 March 2023. My birthday is later March but I was told Medicare starts the first of your birth month. Sounded ok, but still need to change my federal health insurance from its current state to "Basic" state.
I called Medicare to get more information. I was told I needed to make the insurance change BEFORE 12 Dec 2022 which ends the open enrollment time. I asked about changing to Medicare being a major life event and was told by Medicare that I need to change my health plan before 12 Dec 2022 timeframe and that Medicare would lick in 1 March 2023. AND it would include any health plan changes I make.
So ... sounds ok but when I tried to go to OPM website I could not enter into the system. Double checked - made sure my OPM number was correct. Still not able to enter system. So I callled and waited and spoke to an OPM rep. The OPM rep explained that Medicare change (and changes to federal health plans) are a major life event and that I can do this right before 1 March 2023.
So .... my question to retired federal civilians, how did you change to Medicare, when was it done, any issues I should be aware of.
Thank you!!
I am a retired federal Dept of Army civilian since 2014. As I approach age 65, I will need to switch to Medicare as my primary insurance and then use one of our retirement plans as secondary insurance.
I received a Medicare Card in the mail, it said to start 1 March 2023. My birthday is later March but I was told Medicare starts the first of your birth month. Sounded ok, but still need to change my federal health insurance from its current state to "Basic" state.
I called Medicare to get more information. I was told I needed to make the insurance change BEFORE 12 Dec 2022 which ends the open enrollment time. I asked about changing to Medicare being a major life event and was told by Medicare that I need to change my health plan before 12 Dec 2022 timeframe and that Medicare would lick in 1 March 2023. AND it would include any health plan changes I make.
So ... sounds ok but when I tried to go to OPM website I could not enter into the system. Double checked - made sure my OPM number was correct. Still not able to enter system. So I callled and waited and spoke to an OPM rep. The OPM rep explained that Medicare change (and changes to federal health plans) are a major life event and that I can do this right before 1 March 2023.
So .... my question to retired federal civilians, how did you change to Medicare, when was it done, any issues I should be aware of.
Thank you!!