My brother, 59, was declared medically disabled in January 2020 because of Parkinson's Disease. How do we go about getting him signed up for Medicare and supplemental insurance to Medicare? I believe he will be eligible for Medicare benefits in July 2022.
BUT there are a select group of diseases that actually qualify for SSDI and immediate Medicare before age 66. I know that ESRD / end stage renal disease and ALS / Lou Gehrig disease qualify for the quick to MediCARE SSA system. He needs to ask his caseworker IF Parkinson’s is in the quick MedicCARE list.
Again all this is things he should ask his caseworker about.
If you are NOT his POA for medical and financial already, and a signatory on his bank accounts, please please do this asap so you can be his advocate, do banking stuff for him, and be able to do this with his Medicaid or state caseworker.
However be aware that SSA does NOT recognize POA so on dealing with SSA stuff, he need to do it either in person or on the phone or on-line…… help him do it on-line so when it needs to be accessed in da future you can help him once again (nudge,nudge, wink, wink 😉).
You are a wonderful Sister to him!
I think enrollment is automatic after 24 months of disability, but you should confirm that the local office has him in the queue.