The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2012 low-income premium subsidy amounts (or Benchmark) for Medicare Part D plans. This is the maximum monthly premium that will be paid by CMS for persons qualifying for "Extra Help." If a person receiving the low-income subsidy (LIS) enrolls in a Medicare Part D plan which has a premium higher than the amount listed below for their state, the beneficiary is responsible for paying the difference in premium.
Click on the 2012 premium to see 2012 plans qualifying for the $0 premium.
Region | State(s) | 2012 Subsidy |
2011 Subsidy |
2010 Subsidy |
2009 Subsidy |
2008 Subsidy |
2007 Subsidy |
2006 Subsidy |
1 | NH, ME | $31.18 | $28.90 | $26.96 | $28.12 | $30.64 | $30.72 | $36.09 |
2 | CT, MA, RI, VT | $32.04 | $33.66 | $34.57 | $31.74 | $29.17 | $27.35 | $30.27 |
3 | NY | $39.79 | $38.69 | $33.32 | $27.71 | $24.18 | $24.45 | $29.83 |
4 | NJ | $36.00 | $35.74 | $35.01 | $30.99 | $31.23 | $28.12 | $31.37 |
5 | DE, DC, MD | $34.57 | $34.28 | $33.71 | $30.85 | $30.78 | $29.65 | $33.46 |
6 | PA, WV | $34.32 | $34.07 | $32.09 | $29.23 | $26.59 | $28.45 | $32.59 |
7 | VA | $30.95 | $33.25 | $34.15 | $31.72 | $31.03 | $30.52 | $34.42 |
8 | NC | $33.00 | $34.87 | $34.90 | $33.45 | $33.43 | $32.13 | $36.30 |
9 | SC | $36.15 | $36.90 | $35.02 | $32.01 | $31.12 | $31.41 | $34.88 |
10 | GA | $31.18 | $32.83 | $29.62 | $29.16 | $30.04 | $31.07 | $33.15 |
11 | FL | $23.82 | $25.41 | $27.45 | $21.47 | $19.16 | $22.63 | $29.07 |
12 | AL, TN | $31.71 | $33.72 | $30.73 | $29.80 | $28.29 | $29.60 | $32.33 |
13 | MI | $34.37 | $34.71 | $34.92 | $32.08 | $30.49 | $30.79 | $33.22 |
14 | OH | $29.41 | $29.67 | $30.47 | $28.40 | $26.82 | $28.51 | $30.69 |
15 | IN, KY | $35.92 | $36.44 | $35.75 | $33.95 | $33.50 | $32.42 | $35.69 |
16 | WI | $36.67 | $36.96 | $38.20 | $38.15 | $31.03 | $29.67 | $31.27 |
17 | IL | $30.23 | $30.65 | $31.59 | $30.18 | $30.26 | $29.66 | $31.60 |
18 | MO | $32.05 | $34.92 | $40.01 | $31.89 | $26.71 | $27.88 | $31.37 |
19 | AR | $31.62 | $32.12 | $28.48 | $26.89 | $27.69 | $30.51 | $35.45 |
20 | MS | $33.40 | $33.01 | $33.02 | $31.53 | $31.35 | $31.70 | $36.39 |
21 | LA | $35.01 | $34.75 | $31.32 | $27.48 | $24.62 | $28.45 | $34.14 |
22 | TX | $29.99 | $30.48 | $27.53 | $25.36 | $25.01 | $26.93 | $31.68 |
23 | OK | $31.53 | $33.62 | $32.31 | $29.36 | $28.04 | $30.35 | $35.13 |
24 | KS | $36.67 | $36.94 | $35.77 | $33.66 | $30.62 | $30.56 | $33.44 |
25 | IA, MN, MT, ND, NE, SD, WY | $36.02 | $37.47 | $37.55 | $33.19 | $30.61 | $29.50 | $33.11 |
26 | NM | $21.27 | $22.62 | $21.42 | $20.55 | $19.28 | $22.72 | $25.95 |
27 | CO | $32.38 | $32.85 | $30.99 | $30.17 | $24.59 | $27.37 | $28.92 |
28 | AZ | $26.84 | $27.34 | $24.75 | $16.22 | $15.92 | $21.37 | $24.62 |
29 | NV | $22.97 | $30.06 | $27.31 | $20.20* | $16.64 | $20.56 | $23.46 |
30 | OR, WA | $36.45 | $35.30 | $35.60 | $31.76 | $30.19 | $28.71 | $30.60 |
31 | ID, UT | $40.86 | $40.68 | $40.89 | $37.46 | $33.53 | $31.77 | $33.62 |
32 | CA | $30.86 | $32.35 | $28.99 | $24.86 | $19.80 | $21.03 | $23.25 |
33 | HI | $30.41 | $29.76 | $25.55 | $25.01 | $24.32 | $26.35 | $27.44 |
34 | AK | $36.46 | $36.89 | $38.00 | $36.00 | $36.42 | $33.56 | $34.66 |