Medicare is a federal health insurance program. To qualify, you must:

• Meet citizenship or residency requirements.
• You must also meet one of these criteria:
• be age 65 or older
• be under 65 with a disability
• have End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) or ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease)

Contact the Social Security Administration to sign up for Original Medicare. Call toll-free 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The four parts of Medicare:

• Part A (Hospital coverage)
• Part B (Medical coverage)
• Part C (Medicare Advantage Plans)
• Part D (Prescription Drug coverage)