{"id":660,"date":"2024-02-04T19:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T03:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medisure.agency\/articles\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=660"},"modified":"2024-02-04T19:23:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T03:23:20","slug":"extra-help-2","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/medisure.agency\/articles\/glossary\/extra-help-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Extra Help&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt; &amp;quot;Extra Help&amp;quot; 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. 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. &lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/medisure.agency\/articles\/glossary\/extra-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Extra Help<\/a> is a Medicare program designed to assist individuals with limited income and resources in covering the costs associated with the Medicare prescription drug program. This assistance includes help with premiums, deductibles, and <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Coinsurance&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt; Coinsurance is a cost-sharing arrangement between an individual and their health insurance provider.&nbsp; Both parties share the costs of covered healthcare services after the individual has met their deductible. It is usually expressed as a percentage. &lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/medisure.agency\/articles\/glossary\/coinsurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">coinsurance<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Extra Help&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt; &amp;quot;Extra Help&amp;quot; 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. 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. &lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/medisure.agency\/articles\/glossary\/extra-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Extra Help<\/a> is a Medicare program designed to assist individuals with limited income and resources in covering the costs associated with the Medicare prescription drug program. This assistance includes help with premiums, deductibles, and <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Coinsurance&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt; Coinsurance is a cost-sharing arrangement between an individual and their health insurance provider.&nbsp; Both parties share the costs of covered healthcare services after the individual has met their deductible. It is usually expressed as a percentage. &lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/medisure.agency\/articles\/glossary\/coinsurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">coinsurance<\/a>.<\/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-660","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Extra Help - The Medisure Agency Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Extra help is a Medicare program designed to assist individuals with limited income and resources in covering the costs associated with the Medicare prescription drug program.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/medisure.agency\/articles\/glossary\/extra-help-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Extra Help\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Extra help is a Medicare program designed to assist individuals with limited income and resources in covering the costs associated with the Medicare prescription drug program.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/medisure.agency\/articles\/glossary\/extra-help-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Medisure Agency Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicare.medisure.agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-05T03:23:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@medisureagency\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medisure.agency\\\/articles\\\/glossary\\\/extra-help-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medisure.agency\\\/articles\\\/glossary\\\/extra-help-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Extra Help - 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