Massachusetts residents with questions about medications or difficulty paying for them can get help.
"Outreach & enrollment" means much more than putting up posters and helping people fill out MassHealth applications. Recently, over the course of a two hour appointment, my supervisor and I counseled one household on eleven different public health insurance, subsidy and care programs. We helped them file four separate applications to five different insurance programs, putting together a patchwork of care options to cover the hole left by the loss of employer-sponsored insurance.
Changes in 2008 FPL guidelines are reflected in new charts for the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS).
Medicare Part D open enrollment begins. On Jan. 1, some LIS members will be assigned a new plan.
Medicare members who no longer qualify for MassHealth remain enrolled in Part D plans.
MassHealth safety net for dually eligible members continues.
Eight million with Medicare or Social Security Income are now exempt from the requirement.
Primary coverage reverts to Part D plans for dually eligible on March 16.
A one-page sheet from SHINE can reduce confusion for Part D members with other drug coverage at the pharmacy counter.
Step-by-step advice for people having trouble getting their medications with their new Medicare drug coverage, and for their helpers and pharmacists.
