<div class="rxbodyfield"><h2>When can I sign up?</h2><p>You can sign up for "premium-free" <a class="ds-c-tooltip__trigger-link" data-tooltip-id="55991">Part A (Hospital Insurance)</a> any time because you or your spouse (living, deceased or divorced) paid Medicare taxes during at least 10 years of work. However, you can only sign up for <a class="ds-c-tooltip__trigger-link" data-tooltip-id="55996">Part B (Medical Insurance)</a> during the General Enrollment Period between January 1 - March 31 each year. Your Part B coverage will start the month after you sign up.</p><p>You may have to pay a late enrollment penalty for not enrolling in Part B when you were first eligible. <a href="/node/55576" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="23cc17dc-f75d-41c2-8029-b071205826f9" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Learn more about how to sign up and the late enrollment penalty.</a></p></div>