Canadian spouse and Medicare

[JoanE605573]

I feel like a mouse on a wheel.  After months of talking to SSA, we finally got my husband signed up for spousal benefits. However, someone in that office stopped the agent from applying for Medicare stating the 5 year rule. I begged him to continue under the married for one year rule, but he could not. Now I don’t know where to turn.  The Medicare online staff is not exactly up on this subject and told me to go back to SSA. 

[GailL1]

Yes, you need to be talking to SSA on this matter - that is the agency that approves application to Medicare.

The staff at Medicare (CMS) deal more with the running of the program and the benefits