Medicare Savings Programs (QMB, SLMB, QI)

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. This brochure is an overview of…

There are 3 Medicare Savings Programs (MSP/Buy-In): the Senior Buy-In also called QMB that pays for Medicare Pt B premiums ($144.60 in 2020) and cost-sharing for Medicare Parts A & B, and the Buy-In programs also called SLMB or QI that only cover the Medicare Part B premiums. (Despite…

GBLS hearing memo which, after being sent to DMA Legal, led to DMA reversing its decision and approving the appellant's application. DMA had denied the application finding that the appellant, whose sole income is SSDI, was over the income limit when viewed as a household with her teenage daughter…