DU'ers on Medicare....how long did the enrollment process take?

[antigop]

Just curious...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Less than 10 minutes on line.

[antigop]

2. ok, thanks. I'm not on Medicare so I had no idea. nt

[chillfactor]

3. I enrolled online...

10-15 minutes top....

[northoftheborder]

4. I think I just made a phone call to the Social Security Office in my city. (before internet)

No big deal, talked to a live person, totally effortless. Of course that is a very simple program compared to ACA.

I don't want to sound like a retrograde neanderthal, but, perhaps a thousand or so live persons trained to do the ACA signup via phone might have worked better and cost less. Still could have been transferred to digital.

[madrchsod]

11. thee best customer service of any business in the usa

i guess those gumberment workers know what they are doing!

[tularetom]

5. Five minutes

By phone

[OregonBlue]

6. It only takes a few minutes but it's not complicated. Only one condition which is being 65+.

No consideration for income, etc.

Of course you still will probably need to go and get a supplemental policy but that is a decision you make and you make it based on need and cost.

So, they are not the same in any way. Not different qualifications for each state. Not having to determine if the person qualifies for Medicaid or subsidies. Not having to offer multiple policies by county.

Apples and oranges.

[LoisB]

15. Part B (which one has to pay for) does consider income. If you sign up in 2013,

your premium is determined by your 2011 income. Monthly premium ranges between $92 and about $350.

[Frustratedlady]

7. No time at all. I stopped in the local office,

when I found out my husband was terminal and learned I would be able to continue on without interruption, even though I was not 65.

[PADemD]

8. Not long

I knew in about a month that I was enrolled.

Medicare Part D was another matter. I chose a supplier which is no longer allowed to enroll because of all the complaints received by Medicare.

I attempted to have my premium automatically deducted from my checking, and the company sent me a form with the wrong address. After four months on the plan, I received a call from their customer service. They didn't even know that they had been paid every month, with the most recent payment the day before the phone call.

One time I went to pick up a prescription a few weeks after a previous one, and the pharmacy had no record of me. I had received a reminder call on the previous prescription.

[treestar]

9. The only time it could be difficult

is problems proving your age - some people still have that but hopefully those chances decline with time.

I've met people who can't come up with a birth certificate. Looking old doesn't seem to be convincing to the bureaucrats.

[madrchsod]

10. this is the website

https://www.mymedicare.gov/Default.aspx

i can download all my info from this site.

you`ll notice that medicare for all would have been a better way to go....

[LiberalArkie]

14. Medicare for all would have probably dropped the prices for seniors like me also

[antigop]

17. exactly! Thanks. nt

[LoisB]

12. About 10 minutes on the telephone.

[Cleita]

13. It was awhile ago for both my husband and me but I remember

it being quick and hassle free. Neither of us did it on line but made appointments with the SS office and were signed up by a person who walked us through it.

[Blue_In_AK]

16. I don't even remember enrolling, it was so short.

[bemildred]

18. It is nothing. They don't even have any small print, nothing.

It's like they want to help.

[Raven]

19. A New York minute. It was incredibly easy! n/t

[antigop]

20. thanks for the replies. nt