My husband signed up for Medicare in Oct2019 to retire on Jan 1st.2020Before he received his first SS check in Feb 2020 we received a bill from Medicare stating we owed them a premium.So we paid the premium that was stated on the bill .And then when he received his first SS check in February 2020 that premium was deducted from his first check .We have been trying to get this refunded to us. Each time we call we are given a different answer on when we will get our refund of 1,264.00 So just talked to someone today and told we have to do another follow up on Sept 11,1920.Is there anything I can do to just get our money refunded ?

Hi,

I don't know of anything you can do other than continue to follow up with Social Security. Just to clarify, though, Social Security benefits are paid a month behind, whereas Medicare premiums are payable in the month of coverage. In other words, Medicare premiums withheld from Social Security benefit payments issued in February cover the person's Medicare coverage for February, even though the benefit payment is for January. So, if your husband's first benefit payment was received in February, he may have needed to pay Medicare premiums out of pocket if his Medicare coverage started prior to February.

Best, Jerry