Qualifying for Extra Help & Joining a Medicare Plan

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> Qualifying for Extra Help and Joining a Medicare Drug Plan

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> People with Medicare with limited income and resources may qualify

> for extra help paying for Medicare prescription drug coverage

> costs. If they qualify, they will get help paying for their drug

> plan's monthly premium, yearly deductible, and prescription

> copayments.

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> The amount of extra help people qualify for is based on their

> income and resources. If a person has a yearly income below

> $15,315 ($20,535 for a married couple living together) and

> resources less than $11,710 ($23,410 for a married couple living

> together), he or she may qualify for extra help. The income and

> resource amounts are for 2007 and may increase each year. If he or

> she lives in Alaska or Hawaii, or pays more than half of the

> living expenses of depndent family members, income limits are

> higher. The resource limits include $1,500 per person for burial

> expenses. Resources include savings and stocks, but not a person's

> home or car.

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> For more information, view this recent tip sheet published by CMS

> at:

> http://www.cms. hhs.gov/partners hips/downloads/ 11236P.pdf

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> Source: Dept. of Health and Human Services

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> Weiss, M.S.

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