ard for 24 months. Beneficiaries will receive a red, white, and blue Medicare card in the mail 3 months before their 65th birthday or their 25th month of disability. If a beneficiary wants to opt-out of Part A and/or Part B they will need to follow the instructions that come with the card and send the card back to Social Security. If they keep the card, they are confirming their enrollment into Medicare Part A and B and will begin to pay a Part B premium. If a beneficiary has ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) they automatically get Part A and B the month their disability benefits begin. If a beneficiary is on dialysis their Medicare will start the first day of the fourth month of their dialysis treatment. If a beneficiary is getting a kidney transplant their Medicare coverage will begin the month they are admitted to a Medicare-certified hospital for a kidney transplant. If a beneficiary is not collecting Social Security benefits or Railroad Retirement Board benefits, they must enroll themselves into Medicare. Beneficiaries can do so by:
Going online to medicare.gov or ssa.gov and create an account to complete their Medicare application
Go to their local Social Security office and apply for Medicare in-person
Or, meet with a Sunnyside Medicare agent and we can help you with the enrollment process in our office.