Medicare Savings Program

Eligibility Coverage

The Medicare Savings Program provides assistance with Medicare costs to four groups of Medicare beneficiaries. The benefits provided by the program depends on the beneficiary group. The four groups are:

All Medicare Savings Program recipients must meet the following requirements:

• Be eligible for Medicare
• Be a Hawaii resident
• Be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant residing in the U.S. for 5 years or longer;
• Provide proof of their identity;
• Provide a Social Security Number;
• Not reside in a public institution
• Assets not exceeding $6,600 for one, $9,910 for a couple, and $500 for each dependent family member
• The asset limits for the four groups are as follows:

  QMB, SLMB, and QI-l: not exceeding $6,600 for an individual, $9,910 for a couple, and $500 for each additional legally dependent family member
  QDWI: not exceeding $4,000 for an individual, $6,000 for a couple, and $500 for each additional legally dependent family member

• Be under age 65
• Lost Social Security disability insurance payments because of earned income
• Continues to have a disabling condition
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Coverage

• QMB: Medicare Part A and B premiums, deductibles and co-insuranse
• SLMB: Medicare Part B premium
• QI-1: Medicare Part B premium
• QDWI: Medicare Part A premium
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