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    edt-jlt Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 21, 2009, 12:29 PM
    65 year old husband joins medicare. Does 62 year old wife come also.
    My wife is three years younger than I. She is on my health insurance plan. In three years when I move to Medicare does shee come also or does she then have to find individual health care coverage?
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    Oct 21, 2009, 01:18 PM

    Medicare is based on age so no she couldn't join your plan.
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