The Social Security Administration recently announced that they failed to deduct certain Medicare Plan premiums from beneficiary checks. Due to a software glitch since about January of this year, they were supposed to deduct premiums for some Medicare Advantage and Part D drug plans and remit to the appropriate carriers. This affected about 250,000 beneficiaries. Many of those are now getting bills directly from their Plan carrier.
This is supposed to be a good way to pay eligible premiums for those already drawing Social Security. I recommend to all of my clients who are drawing Social Security to elect this payment mode.
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Based in the Richmond, Va area, David Higgs of Choices In Medicare specializes in helping seniors transition to Medicare. He can be reached at email: David@ChoicesInMedicare.com or go to website: www.ChoicesInMedicare.com