Tag: Medicare Savings Program
He is a one-time heart surgery patient and vulnerable to COVID. She has to take her medication religiously twice a day to prevent a blood pressure spike. Mr. and Mrs. Quader. Source: Medicare Rights Center. During the pandemic, Mr. and Mrs. Quader of Brooklyn, New York, got a notice that the health care subsidy they…
A major government program helps poor and low-income retirees and adults with disabilities defray what can be substantial healthcare expenses that aren’t covered by Medicare. But enrollment is unusually low in some states because of more stringent eligibility standards. The Medicare Savings Programs, which are administered by the states and funded by the federal government,…
