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Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans

Submitted by igdmaster on Tue, 05/30/2023 - 12:40

Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans, also known as Medigap plans, are secondary insurance plans offered by private insurers.  As the secondary insurer, these plans pay after Original Medicare pays its portion of your medical services, covering some or all of your deductibles and coinsurance. Click here for a comparison of benefits covered by the ten standardized Medigap plans available in Michigan.

How do Part D costs work?

Submitted by igdmaster on Tue, 05/30/2023 - 11:44

Your costs for a Part D prescription drug plan include monthly premiums, copays, and possibly a deductible.  Each plan has a monthly premium which is usually paid out of your Social Security benefit.  If you are not receiving your Social Security benefit, you will be billed on a quarterly basis.  Depending on your income, you may be subject to an Income Related Monthly Adjust Amount (IRMAA).

What is IRMAA?

Submitted by igdmaster on Tue, 05/30/2023 - 11:40

If your modified adjusted gross income exceeded $97,000 (single) or $194,000 (joint) two years ago, then an Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMAA) may be applied to your Part B and Part D premiums in the current year.  Every year this IRMAA will be recalculated based on the MAGI on your tax return reported two years previously. 

Individual Tax Return Filed in 2022

What is the Part D Late Enrollment Penalty?

Submitted by igdmaster on Tue, 05/30/2023 - 11:39

If you delay enrollment in Part D after you have become eligible for Medicare and do not have creditable prescription drug coverage from another source, you may incur a late enrollment penalty.  Creditable prescription drug coverage is coverage as good as or better than Medicare drug coverage.  Examples would include drug coverage from most group plans, VA and TRICARE.  If you receive state aid for your prescriptions costs through the Extra Help program, you are exempt from the late enrollment penalty.  The penalty is triggered when you enroll in Part D and will be applied as long as you ha

What is the Part B Late Enrollment Penalty?

Submitted by igdmaster on Tue, 05/30/2023 - 11:37

If you delay enrollment in Part B after you have become eligible for Medicare and are not covered by other insurance such as a group plan, you may incur a late enrollment penalty.  The penalty is triggered when you enroll in Part B and is based on the amount of time that has passed since your Initial Enrollment Period expired at the end of the third month following your 65th birthday month.  The penalty will be applied as long as you have Part B. 

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