A non-working spouse can be eligible for Medicare coverage through their spouse who is qualified. To be able to file a claim for your non-working spouse, you must be Medicare eligible and at least 62 years of age.
You must be 65 years of age or older to receive Medicare benefits. All the details of the program can be found at Medicare.gov and this site (ssa.gov/pubs/10043.html) has the medicare publication. There is an age requirement to be at least 18 years of age to be a case head for medicare coverage but other than that any one of any age can receive medicare coverage if eligible.
Medicare doesn't cover spouses. Each person must have their own account and policy. This is an important consideration if the older partner decides to retire before the younger one reaches age 65. If the younger person relied on the older partner for health coverage through their employer, they'll be responsible for their own medical insurance until they also reach age 65.
One thing to remember about Medicare is that it is an individual plan. If you are on Medicare due to disability, that is your Medicare plan alone and your spouse would need to qualify on her own. Unless she has certain disabilities, your spouse would need to be turning 65 to qualify for Medicare. Check the link below to see about eligibility: http://www.medicare.gov/MedicareEligibility/home.asp?version=default&browser=IE%7C7%7CWindows+Vista&language=English
Medicare coverage starts two years after you have been DISABLED. That is the medical end of your coverage. Payments can take up to a year to start, then they deduct 5 months off of that. All payments are retroactive to the date of disabilty. However, you will not be covered as far as medical goes until you have reached the 24 moths of being diabled. That is a fact.
No, you cannot pay to get Medicare at 63 years old. Medicare is generally available to individuals who are 65 years or older, as well as certain individuals with disabilities. If you are 63 years old, you may need to explore other options for health insurance coverage until you become eligible for Medicare.
yes, Medicare covers delivery. Medicare is for those over 65 years old, and/or disabled and who have contributed to the Medicare system through payroll deductions. Although it would be unusual to deliver at age 65+ it is entirely possible to be disabled by Medicare standards and still get pregnant and deliver a baby.
Medicare is primary if you work for a company with less than 20 employees. It would also depend on if the spouse is covered under the employer group health insurance. For more info. see www.SteveShorr.com/medicare.htm I recommend you visit www.cms.gov. to answer your question, If you are not 65+ years old, completely disabled, or both, and your spouse is employed by a company with 100+ employees, then your spouses insurance is primary. However, if you are disabled, 65+ yrs old, or the company your spouse works for has less than 100 employees, then your medicare would be primary.
how old do you have to be for medicare coverage?
Question is who is primary health coverage and second and even third. I have a retirement coverage only with basic coverage, big deductibles, big copay and big out of pocket, but free. I how have Medicare with part B and very close in chasing either a medicare supplement plan or a medicare advantage plan in Lu of original medicare. Also I am covered under my wife's employment health coverage under her policy. Question who is first or primary, medicare or the coverage taking place of medicare, my retirement policy with lowest basic coverage or wife's coverage from work also coverage me. The answers I get are all different depending on either coverage I ask. Please help me, thanks
In a word, no. Medicare eligibility is based on being at least 65 years old and having at least 40 quarters of "covered" employment, or being the spouse of someone with 40 quarters.
You must be at least 65 years old OR have been collecting SSI disability for more than 2 years to be eligible. No spousal coverage is available.
because they or their spouses have paid Social Security taxes through their working years. Since Medicare is a federal program, the rules for eligibility remain constant throughout the nation and coverage remains constant