If you use Medicare and Medi-Cal, your prescription drug coverage will change on January 1, 2006.
If you’re enrolled in Medi-Cal now, the new Medicare drug benefit will replace your current Medi-Cal prescription drug coverage. Medi-Cal recipients are automatically eligible for financial help (called a subsidy) with the costs of the new benefit.
Even if you work, you may be eligible to obtain Medi-Cal services. Medi-Cal could then help with the Medicare drug costs.
Each Medicare Prescription Drug Plan has a list of drugs it covers – called a formulary. If you end up in a Plan that doesn’t cover a drug you take, you’ll need to work with your doctor to find a substitute or change Plans.
Many people will be randomly assigned to one of the new Medicare Prescription Drug Plans. You might be assigned to a Plan that doesn’t cover the medicines you take.
You have a choice in your prescription drug coverage. Trained benefits counselors and planners can help you make an informed choice, at no cost to you.
Disability Benefits 101 has prepared a tool to help you organize the information you'll need to make an informed decision about this important transition. The tool is designed to be printed at home.
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