Signed up for SS and already approved!

[djsander]

The SS Medicare payments are paying for the current month while the SS check is payment for the prior month, so it makes sense that you had two premiums withheld from the first check. Kind of gives you a break since you don’t have to pay ahead like we do.

When we pay our Medicare premiums the payment is due by the 25th of the month ahead of coverage. When DH switches to the SS check paying the premiums, he directly pays his last premium in April, which covers his May Medicare. Then his June SS check (for May) will deduct the Medicare premium for June.

I knew most of how SS payment was in arrears and the Medicare payment was for the month due. I was thinking they would just bill me for that first month as I hadn’t seen anything about getting two deducts on the first check in anything I read. Then on the approval letter it showed the first two deducts. I knew if I had delayed SS they would bill me for the Medicare payments. In the end it all works out. However, as my wife says, it isn’t done until we see the correct amounts in our bank account.

 

[audreyh1]

I knew most of how SS payment was in arrears and the Medicare payment was for the month due. I was thinking they would just bill me for that first month as I hadn’t seen anything about getting two deducts on the first check in anything I read. Then on the approval letter it showed the first two deducts. I knew if I had delayed SS they would bill me for the Medicare payments. In the end it all works out. However, as my wife says, it isn’t done until we see the correct amounts in our bank account.

I assumed it was because you started both simultaneously. This is then a convenience to the new SS recipient, you don’t have to pay any Medicare premium.

 

[Out of Steam]

It is not a delay of your SS, it is a delay in the bar chart on the SS website going from 2 bars of 3, to 3 bars of 3. That is delayed until the month of your birthday. Then as always, you get your first check the month after it is due, it is paid in arrears. I signed up on Nov 12th, within a few days the bar was 2 out of 3. It didn't go to 3 out of 3 until less then a week before my birthday in March. Only 25 days left until my first check is deposited in my bank account. I hope!

My claim was processed in early March, the beginning of my first benefit month. I received a letter with the approval and benefit amount this week. I'm scheduled to receive the first payment in late April, as with Social Security in general, a month in arrears.

 

[audreyh1]

That’s generally what we’re expecting.

 

[Jimmie]

DH signed up for SS in Jan to start benefits in May. We don’t expect to move to stage 3 until sometime early May and get the benefits details late May.

I moved to step 3 yesterday & received my benefits authorization letter for 2nd Wednesday in May payment date (April 1 was FRA date). Application date was Jan 12th. Glad to no longer have to stress about it.

 

[Koolau]

I moved to step 3 yesterday & received my benefits authorization letter for 2nd Wednesday in May payment date (April 1 was FRA date). Application date was Jan 12th. Glad to no longer have to stress about it.

You are gonna love Social Security!