Medicare Does Not Qualify You for Lifeline. Medicaid Does.

johnnyhashim@gmail.com (Sgt Hashim) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

If you’re on Medicare and you’ve heard about the Lifeline phone discount, there’s a good chance someone has told you — or you’ve assumed — that your Medicare card is your ticket in. It isn’t. Medicare does not appear anywhere on the list of programmes that qualify a household for Lifeline. Medicaid does.

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Medicare Does Not Qualify You for Lifeline. Medicaid Does.