Will everyone with extra help get a letter from Medicare or Social Security?

Other tips and questions · updated Jul 2, 2025

No. People who continue to automatically qualify for extra help AND do not have any changes to

their Extra Help status or
their Medicare plan's status,

will NOT get a letter from Medicare or the Social Security Administration.

You can review the various mailings from Medicare, Social Security Administration, and Medicare plans at on this site. This chart includes timing, descriptions, consumer action, and many links to sample documents for mailings (including the gray, orange, blue, tan, purple, yellow, green notices sent by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS))

(Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)