Usually, when you get SSI you can also get Medicaid. Medicaid helps pay
your doctor and hospital bills. You can get more information about Medicaid at your local welfare or medical assistance office.
Help For Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
If you get Medicare and have low income and few resources,
your state may pay your Medicare premiums and, in some cases, other Medicare expenses such as deductibles and coinsurance.
Only your state can decide if you qualify. To find out if you do, contact
your state or local welfare office or Medicaid agency. For more general information about the program, contact Social Security
and ask for a copy of the leaflet, Medicare Savings For Qualified Beneficiaries (HCFA Publication No. 02184).
Generally, you are eligible for Medicare if you or your spouse worked for at least 10 years
in Medicare-covered employment and you are 65 years old and a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. You might
also qualify for coverage if you are a younger person with a disability or with End-Stage Renal disease (permanent kidney
failure requiring dialysis or transplant).
Medicare Savings Programs - You May
Qualify - "Medicare Savings Programs" is an umbrella name given to the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary
(QMB), Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB), Qualifying Individual (QI) and Qualified Disabled and Working Individual
(QDWI) programs.
These state-administered Medicaid programs subsidize certain Medicare expenses for beneficiaries
with limited means.
