Montana Medicare
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Montana Medicare Facts
In the United States, more than 44 million individuals are enrolled in a Medicare program. Around 20 percent of those enrollees are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, which administers Medicare benefits through private insurance companies. Additionally, about a quarter of all Medicare participants have some kind of extra prescription coverage through Medicare Part D.
Here are some recent Montana Medicare statistics:
- Over 159,000 individuals are enrolled in Medicare (About 16 percent of Montana’s population)
- Over 26,000 are enrolled in a Montana Medicare Advantage plan
- Over 161,000 individuals Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage
- More than $810 is spent per total Montana Medicare enrolled residence
- More than $5,600 is spent per Montana Medicare enrollee
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Montana Medicare Assistance Programs
Montana’s Medicaid program, also called PASSPORT to Health, is a state funded program that helps eligible Medicare enrollees to pay their medical expenses.
Montana also offers the Big Sky Rx Program, which helps eligible Medicare enrollees to pay out-of-pocket prescription drug costs. Additionally Montana offers SHIP, or the State Health Insurance Program, another state funded program that offers counseling and information to Medicare recipients about the programs available to them.
Montana Medicare Contact Information
For more information about Medicare in Montana or Medicare assistance programs contact any one of the following resources:
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- 7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore MD 21244-1850
1-800-Medicare - Big Sky Rx Program
- Phone: 1-866-369-1233 Phone: 1-406-444-1233
- Montana State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
- Montana Department of Health and Human Services
Senior and Long Term Care Division
Phone: 1-800-551-3191
Phone: 1-406-444-2590 - Health Insurance Premium Payment Coverage
- Phone (In State): 1-800-694-3084
Phone: (406) 444-9440 - PASSPORT Montana Medicaid Help
- P.O. Box 254
Helena, MT 59624-0254
Phone: 1-800-362-8312
References
- Kaiser State Health Facts - Individual State Profiles. Retrieved September 17, 2010.