{"id":8630,"date":"2017-11-15T09:04:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T14:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8630"},"modified":"2017-11-15T09:04:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T14:04:52","slug":"saving-money-on-health-care-costs-extra-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8630","title":{"rendered":"SAVING MONEY ON HEALTH CARE COSTS: EXTRA HELP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: blog.medicare.gov)<\/p>\n<p>If you have limited income and resources, you may qualify for Medicare\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/your-medicare-costs\/help-paying-costs\/save-on-drug-costs\/save-on-drug-costs.html\">Extra Help<\/a>\u00a0program. You might be able to get help paying your Medicare drug plan\u2019s monthly premiums, yearly deductibles, and prescription copayments. Drug costs in 2018 for most people who qualify will be no more than $3.35 for each generic drug and $8.35 for each brand-name drug. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.medicare.gov\/2017\/11\/14\/medicare-prescription-extra-help\/\">Continue reading blog here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8431\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The 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.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: blog.medicare.gov) If you have limited income and resources, you may qualify for Medicare\u2019s\u00a0Extra Help\u00a0program. You might be able to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8630","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=8630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8631,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8630\/revisions\/8631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}