My husband and I together make over 130k a year, but here where we live (PA) my daughter is eligible to have medicare and durable medical equipment paid for (she is only deaf). We have thus far not taken advantage of the program, although I’ve been urged to (by a pediatrician).
As a disabled person, I am FORCED to be on medicare because the way the rules are written, my private disability insurance insists on it.
Medicare pays faster than private does. Perhaps I am being cynical, but that may be motivation. But you may find yourself in a situation where private won’t pay for something that is needed that Medicare will.
That being said, I truly resented going on Medicare as primary when I had paid with blood sweet and tears for Private.
What a racket!