The provisions of the agreement that permit people to qualify for benefits based on
combined U.S. and Danish coverage credits apply to the following types of benefits:
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U.S. retirement, survivors and disability benefits. For benefit purposes, the agreement
does not apply to Medicare benefits or Supplemental Security Income payments.
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Danish retirement, survivors and disability benefits under both the Folkepension (FP)
or “Social” program and the Labour Market Supplementary Pension (ATP) program.