How Long To Qualify For Medicare

if i am approved for social security disability,will i get health insurance? i have heard about medicare and medicaid. will i get oneof those and what's the difference between them? if you are eligible for social securitydisability, you are entitled to medicare after you have received twenty-four months of disabilitybenefits, including any back-pay months. because benefits begin after five full months of disability,medicare starts in the thirtieth calendar

How Long To Qualify For Medicare, month of your disability. medicare consistsof three kinds of coverages. medicare part a does not require a premium. you paid forpart a when you paid medicare payroll or self-employment taxes while you were working. part a medicarecovers hospitals, hospice, and other benefits. both medicare part b, which is for doctorsand most outpatient services, and medicare

part d, which is for prescription medication,require payment of a monthly premium. medicaid is a separate health insurance program. thereare many ways to qualify for medicaid, but eligibility for social security disabilityis not one of them. in general, medicaid provides health insurance coverage for people who havelimited income and assets and meet other requirements. for example, people who are eligible for supplementalsecurity income disability receive medicaid at no cost. you may also qualify for medicaidcoverage through your state human services department. for more answers to your socialsecurity disability questions, go to disabilityadvisor.com or call one, eight, eight, eight, three, nine,three, ten, ten.