{"id":143,"date":"2025-12-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:00:00","slug":"do-you-qualify-for-medicare-benefits-im-mike-harrington-assisting-you-to-get-the-coverage-that-fits-your-needs-contact-me-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"Do You Qualify for Medicare Benefits? | I&#8217;m Mike Harrington, assisting you to get the coverage that fits your needs Contact me today."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/mike-harrington\/qualify-medicare-benefits\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Most qualify at age **65**; some earlier with disability or certain health conditions.<br \/>\nU.S. citizens or lawful residents (\u2265 five years) are eligible; work history affects premium-free Part A.<br \/>\nDisabilities, ESRD, or ALS can qualify people under **65**; ALS has no waiting period for coverage.<br \/>\nDual eligibility: Some get both Medicare and Medicaid; Medicaid covers costs Medicare doesn&#039;t.<br \/>\nInitial Enrollment Period lasts **7 months** around your **65th** birthday; late enrollment can mean penalties.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most qualify at age **65**; some earlier with disability or certain health conditions. U.S. citizens or lawful residents (\u2265 five years) are eligible; work history affects premium-free Part A. Disabilities, ESRD, or ALS can qualify people under **65**; ALS has no waiting period for coverage. Dual eligibility: Some get both Medicare and Medicaid; Medicaid covers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}