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“Extra Help<\/a>” is a federal program that provides financial assistance to individuals with limited income and resources to help them afford prescription drug costs associated with Medicare Part D<\/a>. The program is officially known as the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) and is designed to reduce the out-of-pocket expenses related to prescription medications for eligible beneficiaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Extra Help<\/a>” is a federal program that provides financial assistance to individuals with limited income and resources to help them afford prescription drug costs associated with Medicare Part D<\/a>. The program is officially known as the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) and is designed to reduce the out-of-pocket expenses related to prescription medications for eligible beneficiaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-492","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nExtra Help - The Medisure Agency Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""Extra Help" is a federal program that provides financial assistance to individuals with limited income and resources to help them afford prescription drug costs associated with Medicare Part D. 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