Medicare Subsidy Disclaimer (Extra Help)
You may be able to get Extra Help to pay for your prescription drug premiums and costs. To see if you qualify for getting Extra Help, call:
- 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). TTY/TDD users should call 1-877-486-2048, 24 hours a day/7 days a week), or
- Your State Medicaid Office
- The Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. TTY/TDD users should call 1-800-325-0778.
- People with limited incomes may qualify for Extra Help to pay for their prescription drug costs. If you qualify, Medicare could pay for up to one hundred seventy-five (75) percent or more of your drug costs including monthly prescription drug premiums, annual deductibles, and co-insurance. Additionally, those who qualify will not be subject to the coverage gap, or a late enrollment penalty. Many people are eligible for these savings and don't even know it. For more information about this Extra Help, contact your local Social Security office or call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048.
- A Medicare Advantage organization with a Medicare contract.
- Eligible beneficiaries must use network pharmacies to access their prescription drug benefit, except under non-routine circumstances, and quantity limitations and restrictions may apply.
- You must use plan providers except in emergency or urgent care situations or for out-of-area renal dialysis or other services. If you obtain routine care from out-of-network providers neither Medicare nor Florida Health Care Plans will be responsible for the costs.
- Medicare beneficiaries may enroll in Florida Health Care Plans through the CMS Medicare Online Enrollment Center located at http://www.medicare.gov
- The benefit information provided herein is a brief summary, not a comprehensive description of benefits. For more information contact Florida Health Care Plans.
- Benefits, formulary, pharmacy network, premium and//or co-payments/co-insurance may change on January 1, 2013.
- You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium.
- Members may enroll in the plan only during specific times of the year. Contact Florida Health Care Plans for more information.
