Many people qualify for savings on their Medicare costs and don’t realize it. If you have limited income and resources, find out if you’re eligible for one of these programs:
Extra Help: A Medicare program that helps pay your Medicare drug costs.
- Income limit:
- Individual $23,475
- Married couple $31,725
- What you’ll pay under Extra Help in 2026
- Plan premium: $0
- Plan deductible: $0
- Prescriptions you fill at one of your plan’s participating pharmacies:
- Up to $5.10 for each generic drug
- Up to $12.65 for each brand-name drug
- Once your total drug costs (including certain payments made on your behalf, like through the Extra Help program) reach $2,100, you’ll pay $0 for each covered drug.
Visit Medicare.gov/ExtraHelp to learn more.
Medicare Savings Programs:
State-run programs that might help pay some or all of your Medicare premiums, deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance. Visit Medicare.gov/medicare-savings-programs to learn more.







