2600. Description of Extra Help Available for Medicare Prescription Drug Costs
The Medicare Prescription Drug Program offers extra help with prescription drug costs. The program gives you a choice of prescription plans that offer various types of coverage. You may be able to get extra help to pay for the premiums, annual deductible, and co-payments related to the Medicare Prescription Drug Program.
Last Revised: Aug. 2, 2007
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not recieving my meds
I am have a medicare drug program. every month I recive a letter from Humana that they will no longer will pay for my medications. I have fibromygia and I am in content pain. I have tried other medication and nothing seems to work. at one time I was using 20 different medications to help mentain my pain, but nothing worked. I asked the Dr. numerous time to talk to humana about using this one medication that helped with my constant pain, but nothing helped. What can I do
Try mymedicare.gov
You may want to try http://www.mymedicare.gov/. This site allows access to personalized information regarding your Medicare benefits and services.
SSI
I am 80 years old and get only $688.00 for SSA per month. Am I eligible for SSI? If so, how much do I get the SSI? or can I go any SSA office to apply for it?
Qualifying for SSI
Here is a good link on SSI qualification and application procedure :
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/11000.html#part3
Really??? Deductibles....
I was using Medicare Part D, Part B, and Part A successfully while I lived in NJ. I never paid a deductible out of pocket. I moved to Pa. to find myself being charged $150.00 the first year and the this year I am to pay $325.00 for the DEDUCTIBLE that I never recieved a letter about in NJ. Now, then, my question is, Am I missing something that I had in NJ that I didn't get or haven't been told about here in Pa? And, whats with the co-pays of $40.00 every time I go to the DR. I never payed that in NJ. Maybe the same "thing" that took care of those deductibles is the same thing that takes care of the co-pay, what say you?