MEDICARE PART D BENEFITS₁

               HOW DOES IT WORK & HOW DO I APPLY?

Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Medicare Part D) was introduced first as a discount card between June 2004 and December 2005.  The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-173) began on January 1, 2006 better known as Medicare Part D.  The Part D plans are offered differently than Parts A&B in the fact that the private insurance companies administer the benefits of the program.  The patient must decide which company best covers the medications they take.

If you have limited income and resources, you may get extra help to pay for your Medicare drug plan costs.  If you want to compare Medicare Prescription Drug Plans, go to www.medicare.gov   Compare Medicare Prescription Drug Plans and use the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder.

     ₁The information on this page is direct from the Medicare web site and can be found by going to www.medicare.gov

(Note.  The following web sites are not an endorsement by S and S Drug or its employees.  This is strictly information we are providing.  This may not be a complete list as companies come and go from this plan).

Medicare beneficiaries are eligible for the extra help if they have limited income and resources.  The extra help could be worth an average of $3,700 per year.