If you have Medicare and are only eligible for partial Medicaid benefits, you can also apply for other ways to save such as the Medicare Savings Programs or the Extra Help program. These programs are ...

Medicaid pays last, after Medicare and any other health insurance you have," the official Medicare website reads. "If you're dually eligible, Medicare covers your prescription drugs.

Even if you don't qualify for Social Security or don’t want it, you can still sign up for Medicare at age 65 or older, as long as you are a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. So yes, you ...

To get premium-free Part A, hospital insurance, an individual must have worked and paid taxes for 10 years (40 quarters) or have a spouse who did. This 59-year old spouse will have to wait until ...

You can't get Medicare at age 62 unless you have a qualifying disability or medical condition. Most people will qualify for Medicare at age 65. If you're looking to retire at age 62 and need insurance ...

It’s possible to have both Medicare and Medicaid at once. There are more than 12 million people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, according to CMS.

If you are ex-military and get all your healthcare services from the VA, you must still enroll in Medicare Part A (which is free) to collect Social Security benefits after age 65.

As for scams, Hawaii’s Senior Medicare Patrol helps kupuna “prevent, detect and report Medicare fraud, errors and abuse.” If you think you’ve been scammed, go to smphawaii.org or call 808 ...

I have Medicare and Medicaid." But what they meant to say was: "I have both parts of Medicare. I have Part A and Part B." That's just one example of the many ways people confuse Medicare and Medicaid.

I have Medicare and Medicaid." But what they meant to say was: "I have both parts of Medicare. I have Part A and Part B." That's just one example of the many ways people confuse Medicare and Medicaid.

Yet Medicaid picks up 61% of the total tab. Medicaid is in fact the fallback long-term care financing plan for all Americans. We pay for it through taxes at the federal and state levels.