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Medicare Drug Coverage -  How To Receive Help With  Drug Costs

Medicare drug coverage is a Medicare plan that is available to anyone who receives Medicare. In order to receive drug coverage, you must first join a Medicare drug plan. To join a drug plan, you must specifically have part A Medicare and/or part B Medicare. In order to receive prescription drug coverage through an advantage plan for Medicare, you must have both part A and part B. Once you join a plan, you can complete a paper application or enroll online. To join, you must contact the specific plan.

To help with the costs of your Medicare drug coverage, you may be able to receive assistance. There are many assistance programs available. Extra help is one such plan. In order to qualify for extra help, you must meet certain resource limits and income limits. This will help you to pay for the costs of your prescription drug Medicare coverage. For people who qualify for extra help, they do not pay any money for their premium and deductible of their Medicare drug plan, and pay an extremely low price for generic and brand name drugs that are covered in their plan.

For extra help for Medicare drug coverage, some may pay a portion of their deductibles and premium that is based upon their income level. In order to apply for extra help, you must qualify for Medicaid, get supplemental security income benefits, or belong to a Medicare savings program. If you meet any of these requirements, you will automatically receive extra help for the costs of your Medicare drugs. You can apply online or call to receive an application, or receive a paper application. There are also a few other ways to receive help for drug costs.

Some state pharmaceutical assistance programs provide help for individuals to help pay the cost of their prescription drugs provided by their Medicare drug coverage. To apply for these programs, you must call or go online. This is because each program has different rules about how to apply, as well as eligibility and how it will work with your Medicare prescription drug coverage.

There are also pharmaceutical assistance programs provided by drug companies. Finally, there are programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly, or PACE. PACE is a program that helps individuals to meet their needs within the community instead of consulting a nursing home. To be eligible, you must be 55 or older and in need of a nursing home level of care.

by: Dave Miller




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