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Jan-March timeframe for your Special have it available. The instructions to SSA

Enrollment Period, or during the same staff state: “We encourage technicians to

Jan-March timeframe for your Initial be as responsive and flexible as possible

Spot get through, there is good news! affected by telephonic technical issues
Senior Enrollment Period and were unable to
when a current or new beneficiary

contacts us for any missed enrollment
Social Security states that due to ongoing
phone and fax issues, with both the 800 opportunity due to being impacted
Senior Moments number and local offices, a period of by SSA’s telephonic technical issues.
by Mary Moran Equitable Relief has been established to Advocates should encourage individuals
who missed a deadline to seek equitable
410-829-2535 / 410-490-3078 help beneficiaries enroll in Medicare.
relief even if they cannot recollect details
Although this equitable relief will
about the calls they made.” (ncler@acl.

Spring rains are gone, trees are green primarily affect people who missed the hhs.gov) Call Cambridge Social Security
again, and the sun is shining! Hallelujah! January 1 - March 31 General Enrollment at 888-347-9277 for assistance.
Period (GEP) (part B enrollment) it also
Remember to save money and send
applies to individuals who missed their Also note that, although on-line
in your Maryland Property Tax Credit
Initial Enrollment Period (IEP) (turning application processes have been
application this month to prorate your
65) that encompasses dates on or aft er available, the guidance does not require
homeowners’ taxes according to your
January 1, 2022, as well as individuals individuals to justify why they did not
household income! Apply online to
who were unable to make changes based or could not use on-line enrollment
www.taxcredits.sdat.maryland.gov or
on the employment related (retiring) options. It is enough for the individual
call Mary Moran if you need a paper
Special Enrollment Period (SEP). to have tried phone access and been
copy. unsuccessful.
Basically, if you tried to reach them by
Those who signed up for Medicare “A” phone and could not get through, this is If an individual obtains equitable relief

& “B”, or only “B”, during the General your chance to get enrolled and not have for a missed GEP enrollment, the fi rst
Enrollment period of Jan 1-Mar 31, can to wait until next year! Th e individual day of coverage will be no earlier than
now sign up for your “D” prescription must state that they attempted to reach July 1, 2022, which would have been the
drug plan until June 31. Call Mary SSA by phone or attempted to fax first day if the individual had enrolled

Moran at 410-829-2535 for assistance information and encountered diffi culties from Jan. 1 through March 31.
with your prescription drug plan (couldn’t get through, call got dropped
enrollment. Your Medicare coverage or cut off, etc.) and were unable to timely Remember you have up to six months

with “A”, “B”, & “D” will go into eff ect enroll or disenroll. after the date of your IEP or SEP part “B”

July 1st, 2022. effective date to buy your Supplemental
“Although it would be helpful if the Insurance without having to answer
For folks who unsuccessfully attempted
individual had notes on dates or number medical underwriting questions and
to contact Social Security during the
of times they called, it does not appear only 63 days after enrollment to buy
timeframe of January 1, - March 31,
that SSA will require that kind of your “D” prescription plan.
to enroll in “B” during the General
specificity if the individual does not
Enrollment period, or during the same Be sure to find out if they are going
to retroactively enroll you to your
TURNING 65? eligibility date. If Social Security does
that, they will charge you for your
“B” premiums (averages $170 per
Confused about all the Medicare Terms & Options?
month) from that retroactive start date.
Let Me Help You! Retroactive start dates also aff ect how
much of that six months you have left
to get your Supplemental insurance and
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