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Disabled face two-year wait before enrolling in Medicare.

Each year, tens of thousands of Americans “find themselves disabled and unable to work. After going through the process to get Social Security disability income, most are shocked to discover that they have to wait two more years to be eligible for Medicare, the federal health program for elderly and disabled people.”

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