About Medicare Savings Programs
|
Benefit |
Eligibility |
Benefit |
Apply At |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB) |
|
Medicaid pays:
|
Local Medicaid Office |
| Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB) |
|
Medicaid pays:
|
Local Medicaid Office |
| Qualified Individuals (QI) |
|
Medicaid helps pay:
|
Local Medicaid Office |
| Qualified Disabled & Working Individuals (QDWI) |
|
Medicaid helps pay:
|
Local Medicaid Office |
| Extra Help |
|
Helps pay the costs of Medicare prescription drug coverage | www.ssa.gov |
*Current income and resource limits are available on our SSA Annual Updates page.
Medicare Example: Amelia applied for SSDI on June 1, 2012. She was approved a few months later and DDS determined her date of onset to be January 1, 2011. After taking into account the 5-month waiting period and her eligibility for up to 12 months of retroactive benefits, she was eligible to start receiving benefits on June 1, 2011. SSA calculates the two-year wait for Medicare dating from when her payments would have begun on June 1, 2011, and so she will be eligible for Medicare on June 1, 2013.