What happens to my Medicare-approved drug discount card when I sign up for a Medicare prescription drug plan?
You can use your Medicare-approved drug discount card until May 15, 2006, or until you join a Medicare prescription drug plan, whichever is first. Once you have a Medicare prescription drug plan, you can’t use your Medicare-approved drug discount card. You will get coverage for prescription drugs through the Medicare prescription drug plan instead of saving with the discount card. Starting next January, Medicare Part D will bring changes and a complex set of new regulations. CMS will be sending information about Part D to Medicare recipients later this year. Instead of waiting until you receive a packet in the mail, I suggest you check HICAP (Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program), (800) 434-0222, and other resources to become informed. Learn about the changes, what you will be expected to pay, what options you have and how you will be affected. Another good source of information: www.cahealthadvocates.org, a Web site associated with HICAP. A second point of clarification
You can use your Medicare-approved drug discount card until May 15, 2006 or until you join a Medicare prescription drug plan, whichever is first. Once you have a Medicare prescription drug plan, you can’t use your Medicare-approved drug discount card. You will get coverage for prescription drugs through the Medicare prescription drug plan instead of saving with the discount card.
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