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    Ted Ratliff
    Owner, SFS Associates,
    Medicare is a federal run program.  To qualify you must have worked and paid into the system, be 65 or older or have certain disabilities.  Usually you will automatically be enrolled when you are eligible, however if you think you qualify call your local Social Security office or 1-800-MEDICARE.  Do not confuse Medicare with Medicaid, which is a combined Federal and State program for people with low income and assets.
    Answered on August 16, 2013
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    Peggy Mace
    Most of the U.S.
    The main way that most people in Illinois qualify for Medicare is by turning age 65, or by having been on Social Security Disability for two years. You must have paid into Social Security taxes for at least 10 years, or been the dependent of someone who did, in order to qualify for the benefits of Medicare.
    Answered on September 12, 2013
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