Have gross earned income that is insufficient to replace ssi medicaid and any publicly funded attendant care.
Social security disability and medicare and medicaid.
If social security grants you disability benefits you will become eligible at some point for health care through medicare or medicaid.
If you get social security disability income ssdi and have medicare you re considered covered under the health care law and don.
If you get social security disability income ssdi you probably have medicare or are in a 24 month waiting period before it starts.
You have options in either case.
Most people who are approved for disability benefits through the social security administration get medicare or medicaid eventually.
Claimants who are approved for concurrent disability benefits should consult their local social security office regarding their medicare medicaid eligibility.
Which program you will be eligible for and when you ll be enrolled in the health care program depends on whether you are approved for social security disability insurance ssdi or supplemental security income ssi benefits.
Your medicare medical insurance part b coverage will also continue.
You or a third party if applicable will continue to pay for part b.
If your social security disability insurance cash benefits stop due to your work you or a third party if applicable will be billed every 3 months for your medical insurance premiums.
Medicare and social security are federally managed benefits that you re entitled to based on your age the number of years you have paid into the system or if you have a qualifying disability.
Need medicaid in order to work.
Learn more about the benefits that come with social security disability.