Get help with prescription drugs on Medicare

Medicare beneficiaries with limited income may qualify for Low Income Subsidy (LIS) program, which helps pay for Medicare prescription drugs.

To qualify, people must be enrolled in a Medicare prescription drug plan and have up to $20,385 in yearly income (single household), $27,465 for a married couple, and up to $15,510 in resources or $30,950 for a married couple. Resources include money in checking and savings accounts, stocks and bonds. Resources that don’t count are a home, one car, burial plot plus up to $1,500 for burial expenses, furniture and personal household items.

If beneficiaries notify SSA that they expect to use some of their resources for burial expenses, the 2024 resource limits are $17,010 or $33,950 for marriedcouple for the full low-income subsidy benefit.

People not receiving Medi-Cal (Medicaid) or Social Security Income Benefits