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40 Coxe Avenue
Asheville, NC 28802
(828) 250-5500
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Economic Services:
Medicare-Aid For Help With Medicare Costs
Individuals who have Medicare coverage may be eligible to
have their Medicare premiums paid by Medicaid if their income
is between 100% and 135% of the poverty level. There is a
limit on resources.
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Your Medicare-Aid Benefit is
payment of:
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Individual
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Couple
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$798
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$1070
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- Part B premiums ($78.20 per month)
- Part A premiums (when applicable)
- Medicare hospital deductible ($912)
- Medicare annual deductible ($110)
- 20% Medicare co-payment
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$957
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$1,283
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- Part B premiums ($78.20 per month)
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$1077
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$1,444
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- Part B premiums ($78.20 per month) Funds for this
program may be limited
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Income includes:
- Social Security
- Veterans Benefits
- Pensions and other retirement benefits and
- Wages (some income can be disregarded).
Resources Include:
- cash
- bank accounts
- second car
- retirement accounts
- stocks and bonds and
- real estate that is not your home.
- Your resources must be no more than $4,000 for
an individual, or $6,000 for a couple. Resources
DO NOT INCLUDE your home, car, household furnishings,
clothing or other personal effects such as jewelry.
Medicare-Aid only pays for services covered by Medicare.
Therefore, it DOES NOT pay for prescriptions or eyeglasses.
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Kathryn Barnwell
(828) 250-5795
kathryn.barnwell@buncombecounty.org
Department of Social Services
40 Coxe Avenue
Asheville NC 28802
(828) 250-5500
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- Buncombe County, North Carolina
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