(also known as Medicare Part D) helps pay for the brand-name and generic drugs you need. It's optional and offered to everyone with Medicare by insurance companies and other private companies approved by Medicare.
Plans offered by private companies that contract with Medicare to provide Part A, Part B, and in many cases, Part D benefits. Includes Medicare Advantage Plans and certain other types of coverage (like Medicare Cost Plans, PACE programs, and demonstration/pilot programs).
Drug coverage (Part D) Extra coverage people with Medicare can choose to help lower costs of prescription drugs. Medicare-approved private plans offer this coverage.
Drug coverage (Part D) Extra coverage people with Medicare can choose to help lower costs of prescription drugs. Medicare-approved private plans offer this coverage.
What do drug plans cover? Medicare drug coverage (Part D) is extra coverage people with Medicare can choose to help lower costs of prescription drugs. Medicare-approved private plans offer this coverage. Even if you don’t take prescription drugs now, consider getting Medicare drug coverage.
Your Medicare drug coverage may cover drugs you get in a hospital outpatient setting under certain circumstances. You'll likely need to pay out-of-pocket for these drugs and then file a claim to your drug plan for a refund.
Out-of-pocket drug costs with your employer or union drug coverage could be different compared to out-of-pocket drug costs with Medicare drug coverage. If you have (or are eligible for) other types of drug coverage, read all the materials you get from your insurer or plan provider.
Drug coverage (Part D) Extra coverage people with Medicare can choose to help lower costs of prescription drugs. Medicare-approved private plans offer this coverage.
If you have Medicare drug coverage (Part D), your yearly out-of-pocket Part D drugs will be capped at $2,100 in 2026. Once you reach this cap, you won’t have to pay a copayment or coinsurance for covered Part D drugs for the rest of the calendar year (page 83).
