{"id":26395,"date":"2026-08-12T08:55:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26395"},"modified":"2026-08-12T08:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:55:25","slug":"what-is-medicare-extra-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26395","title":{"rendered":"What is Medicare Extra Help?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Medicare Extra Help is a federal program that assists people with limited income and resources in paying for Medicare Part D prescription drug costs. \u00a0Extra Help, also known as the Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), helps reduce or cover out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs under Medicare Part D, including deductibles, copayments, and premiums. Angelica Leicht, reporting for CBS News, explains what Medicare Extra Help is and who qualifies for it. Read Ms. Leicht\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-is-medicare-extra-help-who-qualifies-for-it\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-is-medicare-extra-help-who-qualifies-for-it\/\">here\u2026<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare Extra Help is a federal program that assists people with limited income and resources in paying for Medicare Part<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,21,15],"tags":[80,385,238,2140,65,94],"class_list":["post-26395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cms","category-health-care-finance","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-cms","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-finance","tag-medicare-extra-help","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26396,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26395\/revisions\/26396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}