{"id":15874,"date":"2020-04-29T10:11:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15874"},"modified":"2020-04-29T10:11:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:11:43","slug":"15874","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15874","title":{"rendered":"What you should know if you decide to enroll in Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The COVID-19 pandemic is having a histrionic impact on employment in the United States and around the world.\u00a0\u00a0 For those individuals over age 65 who have lost their jobs, they may decide to retire and enroll in Medicare but there is something you should know about your premiums.\u00a0 After you enroll in Medicare, Social Security consults the IRS to review a past income tax statement, generally from two years ago, and based on your Modified Adjusted Gross Income, or MAGI, \u00a0you may receive a letter from Social Security stating you are subject to Income-related Monthly Adjustment Amount or IRMAA. If you find yourself in this situation, the attached article reviews what is IRMAA and what you can do about it. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dianeomdahl\/2020\/04\/28\/lost-your-job-because-of-the-coronavirus-and-paying-more-for-medicare-than-expected-heres-what-you-can-do\/#b01954f52746\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9838\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The COVID-19 pandemic is having a histrionic impact on employment in the United States and around the world.\u00a0\u00a0 For those<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15876,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15874\/revisions\/15876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}