Railroad Medicare Prefix List 2024

The Medicare insurance program covers railroad working personals like workers under the social security of other departments. example secured under COBRA

A portion of railroad retirement tier I and social security payroll taxes paid by employees and employers finances Medicare. It is also financed in part by monthly premiums paid by enrollees.

CMS- Centre for Medicare and Medicaid is the agency to handle the Medicare program. The Rail Road Retirement Board (RRB) enrolls rail road retirement beneficiaries in this program, deducts Medicare premiums from monthly benefit payments, and assists in other ways.

Railroad Medicare Prefix List

Railroad Medicare Prefix	Prefix Description
A	Railroad retiree – file established when the employee was alive
MA	Spouse of the Railroad retiree
MH	Spouse of the retiree – employee on Railroad pension when Act passed in 1937
H	Employee on Railroad pension when Act passed in 1937
WA	Widow(er) of the retiree – file established when the employee was alive
WH	Widow(er) – employee on Railroad pension when Act passed in 1937
WD	Widow(er) of the retiree – file established after the retiree deceased
WCA	Disabled child of the retiree – file established while the retiree was alive
WCD	Disabled child of the retiree – file established after the retiree deceased
WCH	Survivor of disabled child, of retiree – on Railroad pension when Act passed in 1937
CA	Disabled child of the retiree – file established when the employee was alive
PA	Survivor parent – file established while employee was alive
PD	Survivor parent – file established after employee deceased
PH	Survivor parent – employee on Railroad pension when Act passed in 1937