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Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Medicare: The 24-Month Waiting Period for SSDI Beneficiaries Under Age 65
Julie M. Whittaker
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Abstract
The SSDI program provides benefits to insured disabled workers under the full retirement age (and to some spouses, surviving disabled spouses, and children) in amounts related to the disabled worker's former earnings in covered employment.SSDI beneficiaries who are at least 65 years of age qualify for Medicare coverage on the basis of age.
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