Know your rights, where to get help and ways to help yourself
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Know Your Rights - Medicare and Prescriptions
Learn More About the Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
(Separate Website)
Site includes Medicare eligibility requirements, enrollment and premium information, and answers to frequently asked questions.
By: The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
Help I Couldn't Get My Prescription Filled: What's Going On and What Can I Do About It?
(Separate Website)
This document will help answer the following questions about the new Medicare Prescription Plan and your prescriptions: How will I know why I couldn't get my prescription filled? What are some reasons why I couldn't get my prescription filled? What can I do about it? Who can help me get a drug through my Medicare Prescription Drug Plan when the plan has said it won't cover the drug?
By: www.seniorark.com
Standard Enrollment Form for a Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card
(Separate Website)
Use this form when you apply for a Medicare-Approved Drug discount card.
By: www.medicare.gov
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Facts You Need to Know About Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Cards
(Separate Website)
This website will help you answer the basic questions about Medicare-Approved Drug Discount cards.
By: U. S. Department of Health & Human Services
Drug Cost Relief
(Separate Website)
This information will tell you more about the program, including whether you qualify, and if so, how to apply.
By: Partnership for Prescription Assistance
Extra Help
(Separate Website)
Medicare beneficiaries are eligible for the extra help if they have limited income and resources. The extra help can increase their cost savings by paying for part of the monthly premiums, annual deductibles and prescription co-payments under the new prescription drug program. The extra help could be worth up to $3,600 per year.
What you need to know about Medicare
(Separate Website)
This chapter explains important information you need to know about Medicare, including eligibility requirements, covered benefits and how to sign up. (The Senior Law Handbook is a project of the Colorado Bar Association's Elder Law and Trust and Estate Section.)
By: Colorado Bar Association - Senior Law Handbook
How do you apply for Medicare benefits?
(Separate Website)
This resource is designed to provide you with information about your Medicare eligibility and enrollment. Follow the instructions as you will be asked to answer a series of questions.
By: Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
Medicare replacement cards
(Separate Website)
Medicare beneficiaries can apply for Medicare replacement cards on the Internet.
By: Social Security Online
Arrested? What Happens to Your Benefits If You Go to Jail or Prison?
(Separate Website)
This guide explains what will happen to your federal benefits if you are arrested and held in jail or prison, and how you can get them back when you are released. The guide must be ordered through their website and costs $2.50 per booklet.
By: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Fraud Alert! 2009 Medicare Enrollment Current Fraud Alert describes the upcoming Medicare enrollment period regulations and forbidden practices to look out for to reduce your chances of being scamed.
By: Denver D.A. Office
Help with Prescription Drug Costs This tells how to get extra help with your prescription drug costs. Social Security will need to know your income, value of your savings, investments and real estate (other than your home).
By: Social Security and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Insurance to Supplement Medicare
(Separate Website)
If you want to stay in original Medicare, you may want to look into your options for supplemental coverage. Without such coverage, your out-of-pocket costs could be high if you require medical care. Supplemental insurance helps pay the deductibles and coinsurance costs that original Medicare does not cover.
By: Kaiser Family Foundation
Medicare Telephone Scams To protect yourself against Medicare scams, remember that no one can ask you for personal information during marketing activities. If you have a question or concern regarding Medicare, call 1-877-7SAFERX (1-877-772-3379.) Open this document for more information.
By: Office of Denver District Attorney and CASE Partnership
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Russian / Pусский
Use this tool to Find out Where to Apply for Benefits
(Separate Website)
If you aren't sure where to go in your geographic location in Colorado, you can use this tool to help you find out where to go to apply for benefits.
By: Colorado Department of Healthcare and Financing
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