Help with premiums

Help with PriorityMedicare premiums

You may be eligible for assistance with your Medicare prescription drug costs. This includes the Part D plan portion of your PriorityMedicare^SM premium and the costs of your prescriptions. To see if you qualify for getting extra help, call:

• 1-800 MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), (TTY/TDD users should call 1-877-486-2048, 24 hours a day/7 days a week)
• The Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. TTY/TDD users should call 1-800-325-0778.
• Your Medicaid Office
• If you have any questions, please call Customer Service, current members call toll-free 888 389-6648 (TTY/TDD toll-free 888 551-6761. Prospective members please call toll-free at 888 389-6676 (TTYTDD toll-free 888 551-6761, 7 days a week, 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Do you qualify?

You automatically qualify for this assistance if you are eligible for:

• Medicaid
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or
• A Medicare savings program

If you automatically qualify for assistance, you do not have to apply. You may receive (or may have received) a letter from Medicare or the Social Security Administration (SSA) about your eligibility for 2009. Read this important information carefully.

If you need proof that you qualify for assistance, see the policies on the Best Available Evidence at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website.
Go to the CMS website now.
Note: This link will take you away from the PriorityMedicare website.

How much assistance can you receive?

• If you qualify for additional assistance for your Medicare prescription drug plan costs, the amount of your premium and your cost at the pharmacy will be less.
• Your Medicare Part D drug plan premium may be reduced by 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%. To find out what your premiums and prescription drugs could cost, search for the available plans in your area (search by county).
  

  View plans & premiums in your area.

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• Click on the link in the first footnote under the benefits table for information.
  
• Once you enroll in a PriorityMedicare plan for 2009, Medicare will tell us how much assistance you are receiving. We will send you information on the amount you will pay.

• You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium if not otherwise paid for under Medicaid or by another third party.

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