Medicare Under 65

The time your benefits start depend on the category you fall into:

• If you have received disability benefits for 24 months, you will get a Medicare card in the mail.
• With ALS, your benefits start the month you start receiving Social Security benefits.
• If you have ESRD, when the benefits start depends on whether you’re on dialysis or getting a transplant.
  • If you’re on dialysis, coverage starts on the first day of the fourth month of dialysis treatments.
  • If you are getting a transplant, the coverage starts the month you’re admitted to a hospital that accepts Medicare.