What You Can Expect
Medicare is health insurance for people 65 or older. You’re first eligible to sign up for Medicare 3 months before you turn 65. You may be eligible to get Medicare earlier if you have a disability, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), or ALS (also called Lou Gehrig’s disease).
All-year-round
You have the right to get:
- Medicare-covered services in an emergency.
- Information in a way you understand from Medicare, health care providers, and, under certain circumstances, contractors.
- Information about your treatment choices in clear language that you can understand, and participate in treatment decisions.
- Medicare information and health care services in a language you understand.
- Your Medicare information in an accessible format, like braille or large print.
- Answers to your Medicare questions.
- A decision about health care payment, coverage of items and services, or drug coverage.