This information may help claimants with representation, as well as claimants who are not represented by an attorney or non attorney representative. Understanding how the Social Security Disability system works can make the difference between winning or not winning the continuing disability benefits and backpay to which a person is entitled. To win a claim for ongoing and past due benefits, claimants should learn about the disability process to improve their chances of winning. |
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Will I get medicare or medicaid with my disability benefits if I am approved? In the strictest sense, claimants who are approved for disability benefits will receive medicare if the source of their benefits is title II (social security) funding and medicaid if the source of their disability benefits is title 16 (supplemental security income, or ssi). Social security disability recipients are eligible to receive medicare benefits two years after their date of entitlement. The date of entitlement is essentially the EOD (established onset date), plus the five month waiting period. In other words, if a "social security disability" claimant is approved for benefits and it is determined that their disability began on January 1, 1900, this would be their established date of onset. Their date of entitlement would be this date plus the five month waiting period that is, unfathomably, imposed on ssd claimants. In this example, then, the date of entitlement would be June 1, 1900, and the claimant would be eligible to receive medicare benefits two years from this date. The word "from", rather than "after" was chosen because, in many cases, claimants are approved with onset dates that are established several years back, meaning that it is possible for a claimant to have already served the two year wait for medicare by the time they begin to draw their disability benefits. Those who are awarded supplemental security income, or ssi, will not receive medicare, but rather medicaid, a needs-based, state and county administered program which provides for a number of prescriptions and doctor visits each month. However, it should also be said that a considerable number of claimants will be approved for concurrent benefits; that is, they will draw disability money from both social security and ssi. In such instances, the issue of whether a claimant will get medicare or medicaid is not so cut and dry. Therefore, claimants who are approved for concurrent disability benefits should consult their local social security office regarding their medicare/medicaid eligibility. Disability Advocates Help with Claims Free Case Evaluation |
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