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<p>Social Security employees strive to explain benefits using easy-to-understand, plain language. But if a technical term or acronym (an abbreviation of the first letters of words in a phrase) that you don’t know slips into the conversation or appears in written material, you can easily find the meaning in <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/agency/glossary/">our online glossary</a>. <span id="more-2934"></span></p>
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<p>Social Security acronyms function as verbal shorthand in our financial planning conversations. If you’re nearing retirement, you may want to know what PIA (primary insurance amount), FRA (full retirement age), and DRCs (delayed retirement credits) mean. These terms involve your benefit amount based on when you decide to take it.</p>
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I don’t understand why Im being charged for that full coverage through SSA .<br />
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Why do I need SSA’s prescription plan when I have one through my union coverage? I have not used your prescription plan nor do I need to.<br />
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<p>Hi John, thanks for using our blog. In most cases, if you don’t sign up for Medicare when you’re first eligible, you may have to pay a higher monthly premium which is why we advise people to apply for Medicare benefits as soon as they are eligible. However, if you were covered under a group health plan based on your or your spouse’s current employment, you may qualify for a <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/hlp/isba/10/hlp-med003-partb2.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Special Enrollment Period (SEP)</a> that will let you sign up for Medicare Part B. You have an 8-month SEP to sign up for Part A and/or Part B that starts at one of these times (whichever happens first):<br />
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