Once you’ve received disability benefits for at least 24 months, you’ll automatically be enrolled in Medicare. Automatic enrollment gives you Medicare Part A and Part B together (also known as Original Medicare).
If you’re receiving disability benefits, you get two Medigap Open Enrollment Periods. These are guaranteed issue, meaning you can’t be turned down. When you first sign up for Part A and Part B, you have six months to join a Medigap plan. Once this time has passed, you may be more likely to be turned down.
The second Medigap Open Enrollment period begins on the first day your Part B policy becomes effective (first day of the month of your 65th birthday) and ends six months later.
Signing up takes place through private insurance, so you will need to contact your insurer to begin the process.
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