Eligibility for Buy-In Program for Part A Help with Medicare Part A Premiums
If you are under age 65, disabled, and no longer entitled to free Medicare Hospital Insurance Part A solely because you successfully returned to work, you may be eligible for a program that helps pay your Medicare Part A monthly premium.
To be eligible for this help, you must:
- Continue to have a disabling impairment.
- Sign up for Premium Hospital Insurance (Part A).
- Have limited income.
- Have resources worth less than $4,000 for an individual and $6,000 for a couple, not counting the home where you live, usually one car, and certain insurance.
- Not already be eligible for Medicaid.
To find out more about this program, call QDWI's contact in your county, local, or State Social Services or medical assistance office.