When Do You Qualify For Medicare?

Are you wondering when you qualify for Medicare? Are your wondering what the requirements even are? These are the requirements for each Part of Medicare in simple language.

Are there certain qualifications you must meet before you qualify for Medicare?

Medicare as you may know has four different parts. There is Part A, Part B, Part C (which provides the same coverage as Part A and Part B combined), and Part D.

Are there different qualifications for each part?

Each part of Medicare does have its own requirements. Part A qualifications include being a United States citizen over 65 years old who gets Social Security. If you have been receiving Social Security disability benefits for more than 24 months, have Lou Gehrig’s disease, end stage renal disease or kidney failure that makes you need dialysis.

Part B qualifications include qualifying for Part A, being a United States citizen or being admitted to the United States lawfully and have now been a resident here for more than five years and are over 65 years old.

Part C qualifications are quite simple; you must have Part A and Part B.

Qualifications for part D include having Part A, Part B and/or Part C.

If I am eligible when does it become effective?

Medicare becomes effective when you turn 65, the first day of that month. For example, if you turn 65 on October 20th, 2009 your Medicare coverage would have become effective October 1st, 2009.

There are also general enrollment periods from January 1 to March 31 of each year. If you choose to enroll this way, coverage becomes effective on the first of July of the same year.

There is also an open enrollment period between November 15 and December 31 of each year when you can apply for a Medicare Advantage Plan or prescription drug plan. If you choose to do this, it becomes effective January 1 of the next year.

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