Medicare Savings (Buy-In) Programs: QMB, SLMB, and QI

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Medicare Advocacy Project

The Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB) and Qualifying Individual (QI) programs are federal Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) which help low income elders and younger Medicare beneficiaries access Medicare benefits. In Massachusetts, the programs are called MassHealth Senior Buy-In (for QMBs) and MassHealth Buy-In (for SLMBs and QIs).  This brochure is an overview of those programs, including financial eligibility information.

 

Income limits for these programs are updated every March 1; resource limits are updated every January 1.

 

The 2010-2023 brochures are available below.

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Medicare Savings (Buy-In) Programs 2023.pdf (186.96 KB) 186.96 KB
Medicare Savings (Buy-In) Programs 2022.pdf (250.91 KB) 250.91 KB
Medicare Savings (Buy-In) Programs 2021.pdf (204.39 KB) 204.39 KB
Medicare Savings (Buy-In) Programs March 2020.pdf (213.32 KB) 213.32 KB
Medicare Savings (Buy-In) Programs Jan 2020.pdf (240.46 KB) 240.46 KB
QMB_SLMB-QI 2019 ver2.pdf (317.46 KB) 317.46 KB
QMB_SLMB-QI 2018_0.pdf (314.25 KB) 314.25 KB
QMB-SLMB-QI-17.pdf.pdf (142.67 KB) 142.67 KB
QMB-SLMB-QI-16.pdf (156.59 KB) 156.59 KB
QMB-SLMB-QI-15_0.pdf (123.72 KB) 123.72 KB
QMB-SLMB-QI-14.pdf (122.49 KB) 122.49 KB
QMB-SLMB-QI-13.pdf (122.3 KB) 122.3 KB
QMB-SLMB-QI-12 _1.pdf (27.02 KB) 27.02 KB
QMB-SLMB-QI-2011 .pdf (27.18 KB) 27.18 KB
QMB-SLMB-QI-2010 .pdf (27.05 KB) 27.05 KB