The numbers are here! The numbers are here!
If you are unaware of what I am talking about let me tell you. As a Medicare beneficiary you have the right to extra help with your Part B Medical Premium through the Medicare Savings Program(MSP),(which is administered by your state Medicaid Office); and/or your Part D Drug cost, premium, and co-payments through the Low Income Subsidy Program (LIS) (which is administered by the Social Security Administration). Both of these extra help programs are based on your income and vary from state to state.
Every year in February the Federal Government releases income qualification limits for these programs. Each limited is based on the Federal Poverty Level in each State and raises that have been give to the beneficiaries in their Social Security checks. These changes will allow those that may have not been able to qualify for the programs last year, qualify for them this year.
In order to see if you qualify and to fill out or receive your application for the programs please call your local SHIP office or go to http://www.medicare.gov/contacts/search-results.aspx?cacheKill=7506 to find your local SHIP office. Here in Alabama you can call 1.800. AGE. LINE(1.800.243.5463)
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