Consumer Resources

Medicare is a medical health benefits program for US Citizens and permanent residents who meet certain work history requirements. The program was established in 1965, by then president Lyndon B. Johnson.

​Medicare helps:

• Persons 65 and older

• Persons under 65, who have received Social Security or Railroad Retirement disability benefits for 24 months

• Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

• Individuals with End-Stage Renal Disease (ERSD)