BALTIMORE, May 7, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- This Mother's Day, let The AARP Foundation help your mother apply for and find drug benefits like Medicare's Extra Help for prescription drug plans and additional programs that may significantly reduce living expenses. Available through the AARP online community, the AARP Foundation's Benefits QuickLINK program helps users find and enroll in the most valuable public and private benefits programs for older adults and families with children. And, for Americans with Medicare Part D benefits this is an easy place to access additional prescription help.
Many older Americans already know there are Medicare prescription drug plans and coverage under Medicare Part D, but are unaware that Medicare also offers Extra Help paying for prescription drug costs over and above Medicare Part D -- if you have limited income and limited resources. For those who qualify, Medicare Rx Extra Help can reduce or eliminate health insurance premiums, deductibles and co-payments, and provide coverage all year long, with no donut hole.
"If your mom has a Medicare prescription drug plan and has a limited income, but still pays a monthly premium and prescription drug co-pays, this may be the best gift you could give her for Mother's Day," said AARP Maryland senior state director Joe DeMattos. "Spend a few minutes with Mom on Benefits QuickLINK and you could save her hundreds, even thousands, of dollars in 2008."
The Medicare Rx Extra Help application can be completed online through the Benefits QuickLINK, accessible through http://mediaincontext.com/AARP-QUICKLINK. Families and older adults can also use the site to search for programs that may save them money on their Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage or on telephone bills, groceries, children's health care, utilities or property tax.
About AARP
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a whole. AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to either political campaigns or candidates. AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We have staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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