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.
Last week, NHSBT revealed that there were more than 4,000 organ transplants in 2012/13, a new milestone. There are 19m people on the Organ Donor Register, almost one in three people in Britain. But those behind the register insist more can be done. At any one time, 10,000 people are waiting for a life-saving transplant and Britain is lagging behind nations such as Spain, Croatia and the US when it comes to organ donation.