Ask Larry

I have just received notice that my 100% mental disability is to be converted over standard Retirement. The monthly checks are similar, but I have been on ( my estimate) 11 or 12 hundred dollars in part d drug benefit, with "EXTRA HELP".. I am on many medications for multiple conditions including medications For my mental disability. My CO-PAY per prescription is no more than $7.
What will happen to this arrangement, I'm afraid that my drug bill would average 4 to $600 a year! My only financial resource is th Disability/ now standard retirement check.

Without my current Part D Drug arrangement , Am I looking at no money for at least 15 prescriptions.
Help ease my concern. Thank you in advance, Regards to you all.

Hi,

I don't know to what you're referring by 'extra help', but the conversion from Social Security disability benefits (SSDI) to regular retirement benefits that occurs at a person's full retirement age has no effect on their Part D Medicare coverage. If you're receiving some other type of supplemental help with payment of your medications, then you'd need to check with whoever is administering that program. I don't know why anything would change, though, since your Social Security benefit rate almost certainly won't change when you convert to retirement benefits.

Best, Jerry