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I have Medicare and get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits or help from Medicaid paying Medicare Part B premiums (belong to a Medicare Savings Program)
If you have Medicare and get SSI or get help from Medicaid paying your Medicare Part B premiums (or were eligible for either in all or part of this year), you automatically qualify for extra help paying Medicare prescription drug coverage costs. Medicare will send you a purple letter letting you know that you automatically qualify. Because you get SSI benefits or belong to a Medicare Savings Program, Medicare gives you extra help to pay your Medicare prescription drug coverage. You get it automatically when you join a Medicare drug plan. See pages 19–20 (Medicare Drug Plan Costs if You Automatically Qualify for Extra Help) for more information about your costs. You should choose a plan that meets your prescription drug needs.
If you don’t join a Medicare drug plan on your own, Medicare will enroll you in a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan, to make sure you have coverage.
Medicare sends you a green letter letting you know when your coverage will begin. You can switch to a different Medicare drug plan at any time.
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The green letter also tells you that if you (or anyone on your behalf) have filled prescriptions since the date that your Medicare drug plan coverage began, you may be able to get back some of these costs. Contact your Medicare drug plan for more information.
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If you don’t want Medicare prescription drug coverage, and you don’t want Medicare to enroll you in a Medicare drug plan (for example, because you have other creditable prescription drug coverage), call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and tell them you don’t want to join ("opt out"). TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048. Caution: If you call 1-800-MEDICARE and tell them you don’t want to join a Medicare drug plan, you could be left without prescription drug coverage. You can change your mind and join a Medicare drug plan at any time, but you may have to pay a late enrollment penalty if you join later.
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(Primary Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Your Guide to Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage 2008. This content may have been added upon by Q1Group LLC to include further examples, explanations, and links.)
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Last updated on: 10/14/2012
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