New U.S. Medicare Cards

[taxout]

Medicare is issuing new cards with new numbers that replace the Social Security numbers now being used. At some point next year you'll have to use the new numbers.

 

Has anyone yet received the new card? A few months ago I called and asked about the schedule for mailing the cards overseas, but didn't get much of an answer.

 

[riclag]

Medicare is only good in the USA 

Some Medicare Advantage (private Medicare) plans may provide coverage benefits for health care needs when enrollees travel outside the United States. (Check with your plan before traveling.) ... Retirees who are moving to a foreign country cannotuse Medicare to pay for health care while they are living overseas.Oct 12, 2015

https://www.elderlawanswers.com/getting-medicare-while-traveling-or-living-overseas-8229

[taxout]

Yes, we've been through this over and again here. At a minimum, U.S. retirees overseas should enroll in free Part A Medicare when they reach 65. Whether to pay for Part B depends on your particular circumstances, but many -- myself included -- do.

 

In any event, if you want to rehash whether to enrol in Medicare when overseas, please do it on another thread. Let's limit this to the card issue.

[Langsuan Man]

The cards are being mailed by State and when your state comes up you will get it.  They look the same, only change is a mix of numbers and letters

 

Got my new one in September in Washington State

[taxout]

Yes, and if you have a U.S. mailing address they'll tell you when it's being mailed. But if you have a non-U.S. mailing address, they come up blank when you ask when they're going out. Hence the question here to those with non-U.S. mailing addresses.