alt.social-security-disability

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>> "sshay" wrote in message
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>> > When exactly doe's Medicare kick in after you've been approved for
>> > SSDI? I'm not sure if it's 2 yrs since you became disabled and
>> > stopped working or if it's 2 yrs since you started receiving SSDI.
>> >
>> > Thanks so much
>> >
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>> 2 years from the date the SSA determined you were disabled.
>
> Plus the 5-month waiting period. Medicare kicks in a total
> of 29 months from your disability onset date (as determined
> by SSA).
>
>
The award letter states that I became disabled under our rules on May
16, 2006

they go on to say that my first month of entitlement to benefits is Nov
2006.
I just wondered if I was going to get in May or Nov.

thanks all