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<h1 class="m-fs4 fw7 mt2 mb2 headline">New Start Dates for Medicare Part B Coverage Coming in 2023</h1>
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<p class="fs1 mb2 gray-lighter bc-gray metabox">November 17, 2022 •
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By <a href="https://blog.ssa.gov/author/442878079933e50d735ba62c349dabab2f573c33/" title="Posts by Dawn Bystry, Associate Commissioner, Office of Strategic and Digital Communications" class="author url fn" rel="author">Dawn Bystry, Associate Commissioner, Office of Strategic and Digital Communications</a> </p>
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<p class="fs1 bb bc-gray pb3"><strong><em>Last Updated: November 17, 2022</em></strong></p>
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<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="wp-image-6992 size-medium alignleft" src="https://blog.ssa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/New-Start-Dates-for-Medicare-Part-B-Coverage-Coming-in-2023-300x300.jpg" alt="woman checking Medicare information on a tablet" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://blog.ssa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/New-Start-Dates-for-Medicare-Part-B-Coverage-Coming-in-2023-300x300.jpg 300w, https://blog.ssa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/New-Start-Dates-for-Medicare-Part-B-Coverage-Coming-in-2023-768x768.jpg 768w, https://blog.ssa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/New-Start-Dates-for-Medicare-Part-B-Coverage-Coming-in-2023-125x125.jpg 125w, https://blog.ssa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/New-Start-Dates-for-Medicare-Part-B-Coverage-Coming-in-2023-400x400.jpg 400w, https://blog.ssa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/New-Start-Dates-for-Medicare-Part-B-Coverage-Coming-in-2023-800x800.jpg 800w, https://blog.ssa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/New-Start-Dates-for-Medicare-Part-B-Coverage-Coming-in-2023.jpg 939w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />Changes are coming next year for Medicare Part B coverage.</p>
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<p>If you are automatically enrolled in Medicare Part B or if you sign up during the first three months of your IEP, your coverage will start the month you’re first eligible. If you sign up the month you turn 65, your coverage will start the first day of the following month. This won’t change with the new rule.</p>
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<p><strong>Starting January 1, 2023</strong>, your Medicare Part B coverage starts <strong>the first day</strong> of the month after you sign up, if you sign up during the last three months of your IEP.</p>
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<p>Hi I recently signed up online for Medicare. I am currently employed full time and I don’t need Part B. How do I cancel it? It goes into effect in June of 2023. Thank you</p>
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<p>I had Part A & Part B but my Part B was terminated several years ago. How do I find out how much I owe, pay the amount, & get my Part B back so I can get better medical coverage?</p>
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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