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Additional enrollment information
If you're still working and covered by employer health insurance when you turn 65, you can sign up for Medicare Part A (hospital coverage) and delay enrolling in Part B. But you must sign up for Part B no later than eight months after you leave your job and lose group coverage, or if you're still employed and lose creditable coverage. Otherwise, you may pay a lifetime penalty and have a gap in coverage.
If you sign up for Medicare Part B after the initial enrollment period, your coverage starts on the first day of the month following your enrollment.
It may take up to 60 days to get approved for Original Medicare Part B, and up to three weeks to receive your Medicare card in the mail.
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