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After 24 months on Social Security Disability you are eligible for medicare.
Actually, at the age of 38 a member of my family who worked for nearly 20 years prior to a permanent medical disablity then became a recipient of Social Security Disability income and was on Medicare within a month. There was no 2 year wait. If a person has not worked enough hours and receives SSI (Supplemental Security Income) they qualify for Medicaid instead of Medicare.
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∙ 14y agoYou can enroll in Medicare after age 65, but you will likely not be able to backdate coverage to your 65th birthday.
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∙ 13y agoThere is no law requiring this; however, your private insurance carrier will probably require it.
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∙ 13y agoOnly if you are receiving Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits.
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∙ 14y agoIn some cases - it wouldn't hurt to try.
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so that TriCare doesn't have to be the primary insurer
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checking on the status of medicare application for Part B?
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I had retired from my employer before 65. I continued the retirees' group health insurance. When I turned 65, my employer required me to take Medicare as my primary insurance. I could stay with the group, but it would "coordinate" benefits with Medicare. My experiences with my providers have changed. Before Medicare, my providers would bill my insurance and take their payment. I would pay the deductible and co-insurance. With Medicare, my providers will bill Medicare but not accept their payments. So, Medicare sends me these silly paper checks (they will not use electronic deposits). The provider can bill 115% of the Medicare approved amount. My group plan then pays based on the 115% amount (less any deductible and co-insurance). They also send to me their silly paper checks. (All that happened is that I turned 65 - now I get silly checks and a bookkeeping nightmare). I take the paper checks to the bank and then pay my providers electronically. One time I had services from a provider that participated with Medicare. Medicare paid (I got their paper MSN after about four months). My group plan paid. The provider asked me to pay the balance. Worked pretty smooth - except the provider charged me for items I did not receive. They said since Medicare paid them based on a "DRG" (a payment scheme based on the primary services delivered - without worrying about cost), they could not rebill and it would not make any difference if they could. Again, before I turned 65, it was easy to point out an error to my group insurance and it got fixed quickly. Medicare takes a long time to even understand the question. So, ask your employer or insurance company how they work with Medicare. Then, hope that you can keep them as the primary payer. Also, if you have to go with Medicare, let's hope that your providers accept Medicare.
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