Apply For Extra Help with Prescriptions
You can apply here
https://www.ssa.gov/medicare/part-d-extra-help
What's Extra Help?
"Extra Help" is a Medicare program to help people with limited income and resources pay
premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and other costs
Who should apply for Extra Help?
In most cases, to qualify for Extra Help, you must have income and resources below a certain limit. These limits may go up each year.
Income and resource limits in 2024:
Your situation: | Income limit: |
Resource limit: |
---|---|---|
Individual | $22,590 | $17,220 |
Married couple | $30,660 | $34,360 |
If you qualify for Extra Help
We’ll automatically enroll you in a
, if you don’t have one already. We do this so you can get the cost savings you qualify for.
- You’ll get a letter telling you:
- About your new plan. You can pick a different Medicare drug plan if you want.
- What you’ll pay, depending on the “level” of Extra Help you get.
- That you get Extra Help for the rest of the calendar year. Even if your income changes in the middle of the year, you’ll keep getting Extra Help through December 31.
- If you meet the income and resource limits for next year, you’ll keep getting Extra Help. We’ll mail you a letter only if:
- Your Extra Help changes.
- You no longer qualify for Extra Help.
- You get moved to a different plan for next year.
- If you don’t get a letter from Medicare or Social Security, you’ll keep the same level of Extra Help and same plan for next year.
What you'll pay under Extra Help in 2024
- Plan premium: $0
- Plan deductible: $0
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Prescriptions:
- Up to $4.50 for each generic drug
- Up to $11.20 for each brand-name drug
Once your total drug costs (including certain payments made on your behalf, like through the Extra Help program) reach $8,000, you’ll pay $0 for each covered drug.
Apply for Extra Help online
https://secure.ssa.gov/i1020/Ee001View.action
Call +1 800-772-1213
Tell the representative you want to set up an appointment to apply for Part D Extra Help.
Call TTY +1 800-325-0778 if you're deaf or hard of hearing.
We are here to help you.