For example, if you're eligible for Medicare when you turn 65, you can sign up during the 7-month period that begins 3 months before the month you turn 65, includes the month you turn 65, and ends 3 months after the month you turn 65. You can sign up for free Part A (if youâre eligible) any time during or after your Initial Enrollment Period starts.
1 On average, 21 people die every day from the lack of available organs for transplant. 2  Seven percent of people on the waiting listâmore than 6,500 each yearâdie before they are able to receive a transplant. The cornea is the most commonly transplanted tissue. 2  More than 40,000 corneal transplants take place each year in the United States. 3  A healthy person can become a âliving donorâ by donating a kidney, or a part of the liver, lung, intestine, blood or bone marrow. 4  More than 6,000 living donations occur each year.
1 It happens every 10 minutes. 2  Each day, an average of 79 people receive organ transplants. 3  However, an average of 21 people die each day waiting for transplants that can't take place because of the shortage of donated organs. In 2014, 29,532 people received organ transplants. 2  Below is the number of recipients by age group followed by the number who received organs from deceased and living donors: 3  1 - 5 Years: 503 (417 deceased, 86 living donors). 4  6 - 10 Years: 284 (226 deceased, 58 living donors).