A-9210 Eligibility Requirements for Medicare Buy-In
Revision 11-4; Effective December 1, 2011
Recipients are eligible for buy-in if they are:
65 or older and U.S. citizens;
65 or older and lawfully admitted aliens who have lived in the U.S. five consecutive years;
under 65 and have received or been eligible to receive Social Security or Railroad Retirement disability benefits for 24 consecutive months; or
under 65 and qualify for Medicare Part A because of chronic renal disease.
If recipients in ME-Nursing Facility, ME-State School, ME-Waivers and ME-Community Attendant are not eligible for QMB or SLMB , they are not eligible for buy-in.