; (3) calendar year 2022, 14 months; (4) calendar year 2023, 12 months; (5) calendar year 2024, 10 months; (6) calendar year 2025, 8 months; (7) calendar year 2026, 6 months; (8) calendar year 2027, 4 months; (9) calendar year 2028, 2 months; and (10) calendar year 2029 and each subsequent year, 0 months. . (c) Conforming amendments (1) Months that count towards waiting period (A) In general Section 226(f) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 426(f) ) is amended by striking 24 months and inserting waiting period . (B) Sunset Effective January 1, 2029, subsection (f) of section 226 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 426 ) is repealed. (2) Elimination of 1-month waiting period for individuals with ALS Section 226(h)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 426(h)(1) ) is amended by inserting (or, beginning January 1, 2029, 0 months) after 1 month . (3) Medicare description Section 1811(2) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395c(2) ) is amended by striking entitled for not less than 24 months and inserting entitled for not less than the waiting period (as defined in section 226(j)) . (4) Medicare coverage Section 1837(g)(1) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395p(g)(1) ) is amended by striking of the later of (A) April 1973 or (B) the third month before the 25th month of such entitlement and inserting of the third month before the first month following the waiting period (as defined in section 226(j)) applicable under section 226(b) . (5) Railroad retirement system Section 7(d)(2)(ii) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 ( 45 U.S.C. 231f(d)(2)(ii) ) is amended— (A) by striking “, for not less than 24 months” and inserting “, for the waiting period (as defined in section 226(j) of the Social Security Act )