Understanding The Extra Help With Your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
Social Security Administration - Medicare Part D- Understanding The Extra Help With Your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
Table of Contents:
- What is extra help with Medicare prescription drug plan costs?
- What is the income limit?
- What does not count as income?
- What is the resource limit?
- What does not count as a resource?
- Income and Resources (Assets) Worksheet
- How do you apply?
- What should you know about the application for extra help?
- Tips for completing the application for extra help
- How do you answer question 5 about life insurance: face and cash values?
- How do you answer question 11 about help with household expenses?
- How do we make a decision on your claim?
- How can you appeal the determination Social Security made on your application for extra help?
- How can Social Security help you with the Medicare prescription drug plans?
- How to get help to make a decision about enrolling in a specific prescription drug plan?
- What factors should you consider when comparing your Medicare drug plan choices?
- How do you join a Medicare prescription drug plan?
- What should you do next?
Also see:
This Website on this site also offers many tools to assist you in finding a Medicare Part D plan in your area.
Medicare Part D enrollment forms and support documents can be downloaded from any of the above search tools.
Contacting Social Security
Visit the Social Security websiteThe Social Security website, www.socialsecurity.gov, is a valuable resource for information about all of Social Security’s programs. At Social Security’s website, you can:
- Apply for extra help with Medicare prescription drug plan costs;
- Apply for other Social Security benefits;
- Find the address of your local Social Security office;
- Request a Social Security Statement or a replacement Medicare card; and
- Find copies of our publications.
Social Security’s toll-free number
If you need an application, call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213, and ask for the Application for Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs (SSA-1020). Social Security representatives are available to help you complete your application or answer specific questions from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. Social Security provide information by automated phone service 24 hours a day. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, you can call Social Security’s TTY number, 1-800-325-0778.
Social Security treat all calls confidentially. Social Security also want to make sure you receive accurate and courteous service. That is why Social Security have a second Social Security representative monitor some telephone calls.
(Source: Social Security Administration: Understanding The Extra Help With Your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan publication 10508. Additional examples and links from this site)
If you need an application, call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213, and ask for the Application for Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs (SSA-1020). Social Security representatives are available to help you complete your application or answer specific questions from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. Social Security provide information by automated phone service 24 hours a day. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, you can call Social Security’s TTY number, 1-800-325-0778.
Social Security treat all calls confidentially. Social Security also want to make sure you receive accurate and courteous service. That is why Social Security have a second Social Security representative monitor some telephone calls.
(Source: Social Security Administration: Understanding The Extra Help With Your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan publication 10508. Additional examples and links from this site)