Medicare Supplement Plans and Medicare Part D

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Many Medicare Beneficiaries wonder if they need to join a prescription drug plan if they already have Medicare and a Medicare Supplement Policy. If you don’t use a lot of prescription drugs now, you should still consider joining. As we age, most people need prescription drugs to stay healthy.

As we grow older we are more likely to need some kind of maintainance prescription. There are limited windows of time when you can join a Part D Plan. When you are first eligible for medicare is one. If you join then you will not be subject to any penalties. If you don’t choose to join at that time you will have to wait until the Medicare AEP(annual enrollment period). Most likely if you wait, you will be penalized and the penalty is assessed to your monthly premium for as long as you are enrolled.

What Is Part D (Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage)? Medicare prescription drug coverage is run by an insurance company or other private company. The company offering the plan and the plan itself are approved by Medicare.

All must cover certain drugs and meet certain coverage criteria to be approved. However the plans can vary greatly in premium, co-pays and total out of pocket expenses. If you have original Medicare you can enroll in a stand alone Part D prescription plan along with your Medicare Supplement plan. Most Medicare Advantage plans include Medicare Part A,B and D coverage. There are some that only cover A and B and require a separate Part D.

Because of the differences between the plans it is imperative to shop the plans. One way to do this is the Medicare Plan Finder. It can be accessed right on the Medicare website www.medicare.gov. You just open the program and enter your drugs in the form and it will show you all of the available plans and what your actual overall costs will be for each plan for your particular prescriptions. You can also see how the plans rank as to quality and specifics on each plan. You can also get help finding the right plan for you at www.medicarequote4u.com.

Let us help. You can get the facts you need about Medicare and a free personalized quote for Medicare Supplement Insurance at www.medicarequote4u.com. This article, Medicare Supplement Plans and Medicare Part D is released under a creative commons attribution license.

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