Medicare and its Savings Program

Medicare Savings Programs is also known as Medicare Buy-In programs or Medicare Premium Payment Programs, this helps you pay your Medicare costs if you have limited income and savings.

There are three main programs each with different benefits and eligibility requirements:

Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB): Pays for Medicare Parts A and B premiums. If you have QMB, typically you should not be billed for Medicare-covered services when seeing Medicare providers or providers in your Medicare Advantage Plan’s network.
Specified Low-income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB): Pays for Medicare Part B premium.
Qualifying Individual (QI) Program: also pays for Medicare Part B premium.

If you will enroll, you will also automatically get Extra Help.

To qualify for an MSP, you must have Medicare Part A and meet income and asset guidelines. If you do not have Part A but you meet the QMB eligibility guidelines, your state may have a process to allow you to enroll in Part A and QMB. Many states allow this throughout the year, but others limit when you can enroll in Part A.

NOTE: These guidelines vary by state, and some states do not count assets when determining MSP eligibility.

Also, remember that in determining your eligibility for an MSP, States use different rules to count your income and assets.

Examples of income include wages and Social Security benefits you receive. Examples of assets include checking accounts and stocks. Certain income and assets may not count when determining your MSP eligibility. And some states do not have an asset limit.

If your income or assets seem to be above the MSP guidelines, you should still apply if you need the help.

Qualified Disabled Working Individual (QDWI)

It is the fourth MSP and pays for the Medicare Part A premium. To be eligible for you must:

Be under age 65
Be working but continue to have a disabling impairment
Have limited income and assets
And, not already be eligible for Medicaid

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