1 Don't respond to unwanted calls, the FTC says --even if the call says you should press a number to opt-out of future messages. 2  All that will do is verify to the spammer or scammer that your number is real. 3  Similarly, don't respond to unwanted text messages--or click on any links.
(This maximum gets you to 12 months before your application date, plus five months for the waiting period, so your earliest your effective onset date can be is 17 months before the application date.) In this case, the earliest that you can become eligible for Medicare is one year after you apply for Social Security disability.
I heard that everyone gets some amount of backpay from Social Security. Back pay (past due benefits) are paid out in just about every single disability case. This is true for this reason: Social Security Disability cases, from start to finish, can take take two years, or longer, to finish. During that time, the meter is running, so to speak, and you are entitled to receive monthly payments from when you first applied for disability benefits.