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You don’t pay premiums for Part A coverage if you or your spouse paid enough in Medicare payroll taxes to earn at least 40 credits (sometimes called quarters) while working. If you don’t have enough credits through your own or your spouse’s work record, you can buy Part A services by paying premiums for them: in 2020, $458 a month if you have 30 to 39 credits and $252 if you have fewer than 30 credits. These amounts tend to go up or down a little each year. (I explain work credits in more detail in Chapter 5.)