Changing from the Marketplace to Medicare If you have a Marketplace plan, you can keep it until your Medicare coverage starts.   Once you’re eligible for Medicare, you’ll have an Initial Enrollment Period to sign up for Medicare. For most people, the Initial Enrollment Period starts 3 months before their 65th birthday and ends 3 months after their 65th birthday.   In most cases, if you have a Marketplace plan when you become eligible for Medicare, you’ll want to end your Marketplace coverage. Continue Reading HERE .  

  When can I collect Social Security?  The earliest you can start collecting retirement benefits is age 62. You can apply once you reach 61 years and 9 months of age .  Continue Reading HERE ...

Medicare Is Running Out Of Money July 21, 2020 5:01 AM ET Julie Rovner pablohart/Getty Images Funding is shrinking for Medicare's Part A trust fund, which pays for hospitalization and in-patient care. The funding largely comes from a 1.45% payroll tax paid by employees and employers. Everyone involved even tangentially in health care today is consumed by the coronavirus pandemic, as they should be. But the pandemic is accelerating a problem that used to be front and center in health circles: the impending insolvency of Medicare. With record numbers of Americans out of work, fewer p...