I have a friend who recently retired from the same NY State agency that I worked in. Her husband retired several years ago and is well over 62 years of age. He wasn’t required to apply for Medicare because he was still covered under her plan. But now that she is retired, he will have to sign up for Medicare, even though he will still be covered on his wife’s retirement health insurance. The one benefit we NY State retirees do have, is that the State reimburses us for our Medicare costs. The cost for Medicare is subtracted from our Social Security checks, but NY State reimburses us for it each month.
I didn’t know that and I live in NYS, too. Thanx for the info..