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What is extra help with Medicare prescription drug plan costs?
Question 11 on the application asks if you count on anyone to help you pay for any of the following household expenses—food, mortgage, rent, heating fuel or gas, electricity, water and property taxes. If we do not need to verify the amount, we will accept the amount you put on the application.
If anyone regularly provides you or your spouse, if married and living together, help with these expenses, answer “Yes” and enter the average monthly amount in the space provided on the application. If you occasionally receive help, such as your child paying your telephone bill for one month, do not include that amount. The kind of help that we count would be if somebody regularly pays for your food or shelter, such as your niece buying all your groceries or paying your rent regularly. Small amounts of money you receive occasionally or unexpectedly do not count.
Are there certain types of assistance that do not count?
we do not count:
- Food Stamps;
- Help with household repairs;
- Help from a housing agency;
- Help from an energy assistance program;
- Disaster assistance;
- Meals on Wheels;
- Contributions from food banks or soup kitchens; and
- Help with medical treatment and prescription drugs.
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(Source: Social Security Administration: Understanding The Extra Help With Your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan publication 10508. Additional examples and links from Q1Group LLC)
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Last updated on: 09/01/2009
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