MEDICARE PART D PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM

Need Help? See "Medicare Part D Plans: What do I Do When I Can’t Get The Medications I Need?"  or  Getting Drugs After Your Transition Period.

ATTENTION DUAL ELIGIBLES: You should have received a letter in the mail from the State of Minnesota Department of Human Services with instructions about how to solve problems you may be having in getting your prescriptions filled. Click here to see a copy of the letter.

Important Phone Numbers and Links for Help with Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Costs

Senior Linkage Line:  1-800-333-2433 and TTY: 1-800-672-3529
The line is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays

Disability Linkage Line:  1-866-333-2466
The line is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

Minnesota Dept. of Human Services website:  http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/groups/business_partners/documents/pub/dhs_id_054884.hcsp

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services website:   http://www.medicare.gov/

Medicare Rights Center:      http://www.medicarerights.org/drughelp.html

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MINNESOTA HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF RESOURCES

Welcome to Minnesota.

ATTENTION KATRINA EVACUEES IN MINNESOTA

FEMA is extending the Minnesota-run Interim Sheltering Program  rental assistance for Katrina evacuees until FEMA makes a decision on your getting rental assistance directly from FEMA. 

The Metro HRA and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency were notifying all recipients of the state’s Interim Sheltering Program.  Landlords were to receive notices, too. If you have not received a letter, call our Katrina Legal Hotline.

FEMA said it will give you and the State of Minnesota 30 days notice before transitioning you from the Minnesota-run program to rental assistance from FEMA.

Contact FEMA to APPLY FOR FEMA RENTAL ASSISTANCE, at 1-800-621-3362, if you have not already done so.

To be eligible for FEMA rental assistance, you must show:

1) You have a FEMA number;

2) You lived in a county declared a disaster;

3) Katrina made your home uninhabitable.  A FEMA inspector will have to make a report about the condition of your home;

4) You have a “housing plan”, that means you are making progress toward getting “permanent” and “adequate” housing;

5) You have not yet gotten “permanent” and “adequate” housing.

These are very important terms and can be tricky:

If you do not know if you want to return to the Gulf Coast, tell FEMA.

If you do not know in which town or city you want to relocate, tell FEMA.

Your housing may be inadequate if:

It is not large enough for your family;

It is not convenient to your work or your children’s schools;

You have not yet found a job that will allow you to pay the rent and utilities.

Call the statewide Katrina Legal Hotline at 1-800-292-4150 if you have legal problems or questions about rental assistance.  Legal Aid lawyers and the Minnesota Bar Association’s volunteer lawyers, who work on a variety of legal problems, can be accessed through this Hotline.