Youre eligible for Medicare at 65, but enrollment isnt always automatic.

If your birthday is on the first day of a month, your coverage will start a month earlier.

That means they need totake steps to enrollin Medicare.

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The steps for enrolling in Medicare online

1.To sign up, go to theSocial Security Administration website.

ClickSign up for Medicare | Apply online.

2.Youll need to accept the terms of service.

medicare card and laptop

After doing so, clickNext.

On theApply for Benefitspage, chooseStart a New system.

Note that youll be asked to sign in to your online Social Security account or create one.

screenshot of medicare website showing how to sign up for medicare

3.On the next screen, indicate whether you have an online Social Security account.

screenshot of the social security administrations medicare online application apply for benefits page. A buttons reading start a new application is circled in red

screenshot of the social security administrations medicare online application page where you choose if you are apply for yourself or helping someone else. The field to choose if you already have a my social security account is circled in red