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to your door to get the ball rolling with   monthly gross income for a single
                                               your prescription drug checkup for   individual seeking full Extra Help is
                                               2023! You can complete this form in the   $1,549 with an asset limit of $9,900. For
               Spot                            the necessary information along with   income per month with an asset limit
                                                                                  a couple it is $2,080 gross household
            Senior          comfort of your own home to provide
                                                                                  of $15,600. Assets are liquid assets, or
                                               listing your meds, the dosages, and
                                               frequency you take each medication.   assets that can be converted to cash, and
                    Senior Moments             Mail it back to your SHIP coordinator,   do not include one’s home or car. Based
                                               Mary Moran, at 403 South 7th Street,   on the level of assistance assigned, the
                     by Mary Moran
                                               Suite 127, Caroline Senior Center,   premium will be paid, out of pocket
                       410-829-2535 / 410-490-3078
                                               Denton, MD 21629. It’s that easy!  costs capped at $3.95 for generics
                                                                                  and $9.85 on brand name meds, and

            Welcome aboard to our new Senior   This information will be entered into   the deductible will be reduced or

            Center Manager, Aubrey Cummings!   the Medicare plan finder and your drug   eliminated.
            Jennifer Neal Acre has received a   plan options will be carefully evaluated
            well-deserved promotion to take the   for 2023. Based on the medication   Partial Extra Help reduces the annual
            helm as supervisor of all five Senior   information you share, we can move   deductible to $99. Beneficiaries will
            Centers under the Upper Shore Aging   forward with changing your plan to   pay a 15% coinsurance for medications.
            umbrella in Talbot, Caroline, and Kent   maximize savings and drug availability   For 2022 Partial Extra Help eligibility,
            Counties! Jennifer handpicked Aubrey   for the upcoming year or having you   the gross monthly income for a single
            Cummings to take over as Denton’s   stay put if your current plan continues   is $2,309 with an asset limit of $15,510,
            Senior Center manager. Aubrey brings   to meet your needs. Open enrollment   and for a couple, the gross monthly
            a diverse and broad skill set, caring   is all about beneficiaries saving the   income is $2,309 with the asset test
            personality, and fresh ideas for activities   most amount of money each year,   maxing out at $30,950.
            and outings to the Denton Center. Give   and it is SHIP’s job to help accomplish
            us a call at 410-479-2535 to discover   that. Additionally, there are programs   The Senior Prescription Drug
            what’s happening at the Denton Center   available to help those who qualify.   Assistance Program (SPDAP) is a
            this Fall!                         Patient assistance programs are also
                                               available through the manufacturers
            Medicare Prescription Drug Open    for those who are over scale for those
            Enrollment is underway! Smart      programs.
            consumers evaluate their Medicare
            prescription plan each year, and as   Extra Help is a federal program run
            your State Health Insurance Program   by Social Security to assist with the
            coordinator (SHIP), it is my pleasure   costs of Medicare prescription drugs
            to assist you with your annual part “D”   and premiums. Extra Help participants
            check up! Call Mary Moran to have   can change plans quarterly during the
            the SHIP Part “D” questionnaire sent   year if needed. For 2022 the maximum
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