Q. Does SS disability pay for my medical bills?

A. Not immediately. If you are receiving Disability Insurance Benefits, Disabled Widows or Widowers Benefits or Disabled Adult Child Benefits, you must wait for twenty-four (24) months before qualifying for Medicare, which will pay most of your medical expenses. Medicare pays for doctors visits and for acute care in a hospital, among other things. You are responsible for deductibles and co-payments. Prescription costs will be partially paid by Medicare beginning in 2006 under a very complicated procedure.