20 CFR § 418.3205 - What makes an application a claim for a subsidy?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s418.3205"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 418.3205 - What makes an application a claim for a subsidy?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "418.3205"
section_name: "What makes an application a claim for a subsidy?"
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "418"
part_name: "MEDICARE SUBSIDIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
regulatory_source: "70 FR 77675, Dec. 30, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "418"
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# 418.3205 What makes an application a claim for a subsidy?
We will consider your application a claim for the subsidy if:
(a) You, or someone acting on your behalf as described in § 418.3215, complete an application on a form prescribed by us;
(b) You, or someone acting on your behalf as described in § 418.3215, file the application with us pursuant to § 418.3220; and
(c) You are alive on the first day of the month in which the application is filed.