Originally Posted by
choteau
You have to sign up for SS first, then your enrolled to Medicare.
You don't need to sign up for SS to get Medicare, at least not Part A.
I'm still working and on employer healthcare plan along with my younger stoker/wife. On the recent advice of another stoker (on another bike) on a club ride, I signed up for Medicare part A (Free). On the advice of the medicare/social security website, I ran that by my human resources people, who said no problem and Medicare will be my secondary for in-hospital care. (I plan not to need any in-hospital care - I already spend way too much time in-hospital [as an RN])
By all means, OP should talk with her Human Resources and scour the Medicare/SS website. General SS advice is to delay taking it - if possible - so that the amount you receive monthly can increase.