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Medicare
April 18, 2023
Do I Need To Enroll In Medicare Parts B, C or D If I'm Enrolled In A Retired Federal Employee Plan?
April 14, 2023
Am I Correct That Social Securtity Shouldn't Be Deducting Part B Medicare Premiums From My Friend's Monthly Checks?
April 11, 2023
Can I Get A Refund Of The Medicare Part A Premiums That I Paid For Months After I Reached 40 Credits?
March 28, 2023
Can I Voluntarily Give Up My Employer Health Coverage And Sign Up For Parts B & D Of Medicare With No Penalty?
January 26, 2023
Is Social Security Required To Refund The Excess Medicare Premiums They Withheld?
January 25, 2023
How Do We Make Sure That Medicare Premiums Aren't Deducted From My Wife's Social Security Benefits?
January 22, 2023
Do I Apply For Medicare Under My Late Husband's Record Or My Own Record?
January 12, 2023
Do You Know Why My Medicare Premium Billing Was Changed From Quarterly To Monthly?
January 12, 2023
Does My Husband Qualify For Free Part A Of Medicare Through My Work Credits?
January 11, 2023
What Do I Do About Social Security Withholding Medicare Premiums That I've Already Paid?
January 8, 2023
Do You Have Any Advice With Regard To Getting Social Security To Correct An Error?
December 29, 2022
Is There A Form To Use To Request A Refund Of A Medicare Premium Overpayment?
December 28, 2022
Why Wasn't I Reimbursed For The Entire Amount Of My Medicare Overpayment?
December 19, 2022
How Can I Get Back The Two Months Of Medicare Premiums That Were Deducted From My Benefit Payments?
December 12, 2022
How Can I Get My Money Back If I've Been Paying Two Medicare Premiums For Fifteen Years?
December 7, 2022
Will The Late Enrollment Penalty For My Wife End When Her Disability Benefits Convert To Retirement Benefits At FRA?
November 28, 2022
Are There Waivers Available For Recalculation Of My Medicare Premium Rate?
November 27, 2022
Can My Husband And I File Our Income Taxes Separately And Ask For Lower Medicare Premium Rates Based Only On His Income?
November 26, 2022
Can I Request An Adjustment Of The Increase In My Medicare Premiums Caused By IRMAA?
November 6, 2022
Does Medicare Owe Me An Overpayment Since I'm Paying Medicare Taxes From My Earnings And I'm Already Paying Medicare Out Of My Benefits?
August 6, 2022
Do I Need To Do Something To Have Part B Medicare Premiums Withheld From My Benefits?
June 26, 2022
If I Apply For Part B Medicare Coverage During My IEP Can I Choose A Month To Start My Coverage?
June 15, 2022
Can I Get Medicare At Age 58 If I'm Caring For My Child Who Receives Social Security And Medicare?
May 11, 2022
Who Do I Contact About Getting A Refund Of The Medicare Premiums I Overpaid?
April 2, 2022
Why Are Medicare Taxes Being Withheld From My Wages If I'm Paying Quarterly Medicare Premiums?
March 24, 2022
Is It Permissable To Pay For One Or Two Months Of Part B Premiums In Response To A Quarterly Billing?
February 28, 2022
If My Wife And I File Taxes Separately, Would Her Premium Rate For Part B Be The Minimum?
February 4, 2022
Can I Get Social Security To Start My Medicare Earlier If I Need Life-Saving Surgery?
January 26, 2022
How Do I Get A Refund Of The Double CMS Payments That Have Been Taken Out Of My Checking Account?
January 19, 2022
Is It Possible To Know Which Services Provided In A Hospital Are Covered By Part A Or Part B Of Medicare?
January 17, 2022
How Can I Get A Refund Of The Medicare Premiums That My Deceased Husband Overpaid?
January 11, 2022
Will I Receive An Additional Refund For The Medicare Premiums I Overpaid?
December 18, 2021
Will My Part B Medicare Premium Be Deducted From My SS Payment If The Premium Is More Than The Payment?
December 7, 2021
Can You Provide A Name Of Someone Who Could Help Me With My Medicare Premium Issue?
November 20, 2021
How Will Social Security Pay Me The Money They Owe Me For Back Prescription Coverage?
November 9, 2021
When I Start Drawing My Social Security Benefits Will I Automatically Be Enrolled In Medicare Part A?
October 28, 2021
Why Didn't I Receive My $144 Per Month From Social Security After Cancelling Part B Of Medicare?
October 28, 2021
Can I Get A Review Of The Penalty Social Security Deducts For The Four Years My Medicare Was Interrupted Due To Hardship?
October 25, 2021
Will I Be Able To Keep My Employer Coverage After I Turn 65 And Enroll In Medicare Later Without A Penalty?
September 15, 2021
Is There Anything I Can Do To Get My Medicare Premium Refund Other Than Continuing To Call Social Security?
September 9, 2021
Will Social Security Withhold Part B Premiums Even If I've Already Paid Them Out Of Pocket?
About the Author
Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor and Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. Kotlikoff is the Director of the Fiscal Analysis Center.
A New York Times Bestselling author, he has written nineteen books and hundreds of professional articles and op-eds. He is a frequent television and radio guest. His columns have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Financial Times, the Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Forbes, Yahoo.com, Fortune, and other major publications. In 2014, The Economist named him one of the world's 25 most influential economists