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Article: STATE HELPS POOR PAY FOR MEDICARE PART B.(MoneyWise)(Health Care Notebook)(Column)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- May 6, 2002
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Byline: JAMES T. MULDER HEALTH CARE NOTEBOOK
Q) I can't afford to pay my Medicare Part B premium. Are there any programs that can help me?
A) Yes, and they recently became more generous. There are two programs - known as "Qualified Individual 1" and "Qualified Individual 2" - that assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with payment of their Part B premium.
Under a new state law that took effect May 1, an individual's or couple's assets such as savings will no longer be considered when determining eligibility for these programs. Beneficiaries don't have to divulge their assets and there is no limit to the resources they may have and still ...