Medicaid VS Medicare

Medicaid

Medicaid is health insurance for individuals under 65 with limited income resources. Please refer to the page on Texas Benefits for application processes

Medicare

Medicare is health insurance for people 65 or older. You may be eligible to get Medicare earlier if you have a disability, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), or ALS (also called Lou Gehrig’s disease).

Please refer to SSA(Social Security Administration) for application processes. 

Both: Citizenship is required to receive benefits