The National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment (NCBOE)
is a component of the National Council on Aging with a partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCBOE provides a powerful Web site to identify medical and prescription benefits for seniors. The site provides four interactive questionnaires allowing the user to enter their personal information to determine if they qualify for benefits. Results are tailored to services that are provided in the area of the user’s residence and include federal, state, and local programs. This is an easy to use, informative questionnaire that is particularly useful for individuals with limited income.
Here are the questionnaires and the benefits they cover;
Key Public Benefits helps people find and enroll in the following benefits:
- Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage for People with Limited Incomes and Resources (Extra Help)
- Medicare Savings Programs (QMB, SLMB, and QI-1)
- State Pharmacy Assistance Programs
- Medicaid
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI), including state supplements
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
- State Property Tax Relief/Rebates
Medicare Rx Extra Help
- Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
- Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage for People with Limited Incomes and Resources (Extra Help)
- Medicare Savings Programs (QMB, SLMB and QI-1)
- State Pharmacy Assistance Programs
- Medicare Savings Programs
- Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
- Medicare Rx Extra Help
- State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (SPAP)
- Patient Assistance Programs
- Drug Discount Cards
- Medicaid (including: Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Spend-down; Home and Community-Based Waivers; and Nursing Home Medicaid)
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other Food Supplement Programs
- Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
- Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP)
- HUD and Section 8
- State Property Tax Relief/Rebates
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI), including state supplements
- General and Cash Assistance
- Telephone Assistance (Link-Up and Lifeline)
- Long-Term Care Ombudsman
- Caregiver Support and Homecare Programs
- Health Insurance Information and Counseling (SHIP)
- Adult Protective Services
- Discount Programs (including recreational, transportation, and utilities)
- Education and Information Programs
- Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Veterans Benefits
- Volunteer Services
- Medicaid for Children
- State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
- TANF-Child Only Grants
- Supplemental Security Income for Children
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iweatherman/5349283251/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Related posts:
