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Associated Press
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Published: Fri, July 04, 2008 - 2:45 pm
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Some 15,500 low-income Alabamians onMedicare could soon be forced to shell out extra money each month.
Those who use a program that helps low-income Medicare
beneficiaries pay the premium for Medicare Part B could soon have
to pay an extra $96 a month. Medicare Part B covers such medical
expenses as doctor visits and some prescription drugs.
States were notified last week that the federal government is no
longer picking up the tab for poor people enrolled in a Medicare
savings program.
Alabama Medicaid spokeswoman Robin Rawls said the state can't
afford to pay the cost for the program. Alabama will receive $11.7
million to pay the premiums, nearly $10 million less than the state
requested.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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I didn’t even know that they had such a program and since it was the medicaid spokeswoman talking I thought maybe it was medicaid. I don’t know anything about medicaid, never had it. I might have been losing out on that $96 a month. Just my luck! I find out about it when they decide to discontinue it.