AHIP Module 1- Program Basics (slides
1.1-1.8) Latest 2023
Who receives a medicare ID card ✔✔Every medicare beneficiary
Are Social Security Cards still used ✔✔No, new identification numbers are used now.
How old to you have to be to use Medicare? ✔✔65
How can you get medicare if under 65? ✔✔1. Get disability from Social Security
2. Certain disabilities from Railroad Retirement Board for 24 months.
3. Have ALS or End-Stage Renal disease (ESRD)
When did Medicare come into existence? ✔✔1965
Who Administers Medicare? ✔✔The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services through the
Dept. of Health and Human Svcs.
1.1-1.8) Latest 2023
Who receives a medicare ID card ✔✔Every medicare beneficiary
Are Social Security Cards still used ✔✔No, new identification numbers are used now.
How old to you have to be to use Medicare? ✔✔65
How can you get medicare if under 65? ✔✔1. Get disability from Social Security
2. Certain disabilities from Railroad Retirement Board for 24 months.
3. Have ALS or End-Stage Renal disease (ESRD)
When did Medicare come into existence? ✔✔1965
Who Administers Medicare? ✔✔The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services through the
Dept. of Health and Human Svcs.
