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Your Medicare Card
Your Medicare identification (ID) card will be red, white and blue and will show your effective dates for Medicare Part A (hospital) and Part B (medical). Your effective date for both Parts A and B will most often be the same date, which will usually be the first day of the month in which you turn 65. However, if you are born on the first day of the month, your coverage will be effective one month earlier.
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