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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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The Social Security Administration has posted information about the open enrollment period for Medicare-eligible military retirees and widows of military retirees who have not signed up for Medicare Part B. The SSA says it will mail them a form during early fall 2004 informing them they will be enrolled automatically in Medicare Part B unless they decline. Beneficiaries who enrolled between January 2001 and December 2004 and are paying a surcharge (meaning the premium is more than $66.60 a month) should receive a form notifying them that their Part B premium surcharges are being cancelled and the overages returned. In addition, beneficiaries who enrolled in Part B during the January - March general enrollment period of 2004 will be given the option of retaining their July 2004 entitlement date or changing the entitlement date to any other month in 2004. For more information, visit www.ssa.gov/legislation/tricare.html.
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