Social Security Error Affects Medicare Coverage For 250,000 Seniors
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James and his wife Elizabeth were surprised last month when they lost their Medicare drug coverage all of a sudden. They had the same drug plan since 2013 with no issues, which is why they were so taken aback when notified that their policies were canceled.
When they first received the letter in the mail, they were tempted to toss it in the trash. Luckily, they didn't because it's not a scam or a mistake. Similar to James and Elizabeth, a quarter of a million Medicare beneficiaries have been receiving bills for as many as five months of premiums they thought they had already paid.
Although James and Elizabeth were without drug coverage for an entire month, their State’s Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) helped them to get retroactively re-enrolled.
Beneficiaries Affected by Processing Error are Receiving Bills
Since January of this year, the Social Security Administration didn’t deduct premiums from some seniors’ Social Security checks that were supposed to pay for Medicare Advantage and private drug coverage. Social Security Administration calls what happened, “a processing error.”
Here’s how the error could affect you:
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