What to Do if Your Prescriptions Aren’t Covered by Medicare

Release Date: March 2009

WHAT TO DO IF YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS AREN’T COVERED BY MEDICARE

If you’ve ever been told that a certain prescription you need isn’t covered by your Medicare drug plan, you know it can be frustrating and costly to pay for it yourself. But you may not have to. With the free pamphlet, Using Your Medicare Drug Plan: What to Do if Your Medicine Isn’t Covered, from YourPharmacyBenefit.org and the Federal Citizen Information Center, you’ll find out how to tell if your prescriptions will be covered by your plan. And you’ll learn step by step how to use the Medicare appeal process to request coverage or a reduced co-pay on the medicines you need, even if you’ve previously been denied coverage. For your free copy, send your name and address to the Federal Citizen Information Center, Dept. 520T, Pueblo, CO 81009. Or call toll-free 1 (888) 8 PUEBLO, that’s 1 (888) 878-3256, and ask for Item 520T. And visit www.pueblo.gsa.gov to read or print this and hundreds of other FCIC publications for free.

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