Social Security and Medicare are distinct programs – Social Security refers to income, Medicare refers to healthcare.
Social Security Administration No Date [The Social Security Administration administers retirement, disability, survivor, and family benefits, and enroll individuals in Medicare. We also provide Social Security Numbers, which are unique identifiers needed to work, handle financial transactions, and determine eligibility for certain government services. https://www.ssa.gov/osss/prd/html/en/moreInfoLink01.html]
Social Security pays retirement, disability, family and survivors benefits. Medicare, a separate program run by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, helps pay for inpatient hospital care, nursing care, doctors' fees, drugs, and other medical services and supplies to people age 65 and older, as well as to people who have been receiving Social Security disability benefits for two years or more. Your Social Security covered earnings qualify you for both programs. Medicare does not pay for long-term care, so you may want to consider options for private insurance. For more information about Medicare, visit the or call 1-800-633-4227 (TTY 1-877-486-2048 if you are deaf or hard of hearing).