The residents of Virginia can be eligible for Medicare Virginia program. Virginia Medicare refers to a social insurance program proposed to give health insurance facilities to the eligible individual residing all over the country. Medicare Health Insurance program is administered as well as funded at the federal level. There are eligibility criteria for this health insurance Medicare program. Those who qualify in these criteria are entitled to receive medical benefits.

Eligibility criteria for Medicare Program

To receive this benefits from Medicare program a person has to be US citizen or a permanent legal resident of the United States for five continuous years. A person aged 65 or above, or have any physical or mental disability or are suffering from end-stage renal disease and are undergoing diagnosis can be considered as an eligible individual to receive senior insurance Medicare benefits.

Medicare Benefits

Medicare Program entitles the eligible individual to receive benefits in two parts. Under Medicare Part A any individual can receive benefits of hospital insurance. Medicare part A pays for hospital stay, skilled nursing home stay, long term care insurance and some special home health care facilities. Under part B one can receive benefits of medical insurance which pays for all the medical charges not covered under Medicare Part A. One can also receive drug benefits under Medicare part D.