UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
EXTRA HELP
Provides assistance to Medicare Prescription Drug program recipients who have limited resources with prescription costs, including monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and prescription co-payments.
Website and Locator
Eligibility: -Single person household $17,220
-2 person household $34,360
Do NOT count your home, vehicles, personal possessions, life insurance, burial plots, irrevocable burial contracts or back payments from Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Hours: Call center: Monday-Friday 4am-4pm
Phone/FAX Numbers
  • (800) 772-1213 Main phone
  • (800) 325-0778 TTY/TTD
INTAKE PROCEDURE: Call, walk in, or visit website to apply; application available on website
FEES: None
DOCUMENTS: -Social Security card
-Tax returns
-Payroll slips
-Bank account statements, including checking, savings, and certificates of deposit
-Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), stocks, bonds, savings bonds, mutual funds, other investment statements
-Most recent Social Security benefits award letters or statements for Railroad Retirement benefits, Veterans benefits, pensions and annuities
LANGUAGES: English, interpretation by arrangement
AREA SERVED: Nationwide
Services:
  • Prescription Expense Assistance * Medicare Beneficiaries
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UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION