My 82 yr old mother is a recent widow, a German national with a SS# (and obviously an ex US husband). Following his death in March 2017, SS decided they didnt believe she had been in the US and demanded back payment of 150K. I successfully appealed this, and following a year of hell they retracted. However in 2018 they stopped automatically subtracting her Medicate Plan B payment ftom her SS, after 17 years with plan A & B. Then she got sick. I have packpayed her missing months of Medicare B premiums following SS's advise. SS and Medicare are a mobius strip of HELL , they have sat on this. My mother is sick & stressed out by this. Please advise.

Hi,

I'm sorry to hear about the problems that you and your mother are having with Social Security. It sounds like you've done all that you can to fix your mother's problem, and that it's just a matter of waiting for Social Security to credit the Part B premiums you've paid. I assume the delay in processing is due to backlogs at Social Security and/or Medicare, and getting them to expedite an action is difficult to impossible. About the only thing I can suggest is continue to make frequent follow-ups with Social Security/Medicare, and you may want to try contacting the offices of one of your U.S. senators or congressional representative to see if they'd be willing to intervene on your mother's behalf.

Best, Jerry