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Medicare Savings Program - Pine County Public Health and Human Services

635 Northridge Drive NW, Suite 220, Pine City, MN 55063

Eligibility

- Residents of Pine County who meet income and asset guidelines - May need to be enrolled in Part A and Part B of the Medicare program

Required documents

Application/registration form birth certificate driver's license eviction notice health insurance card mail with current address Medicare card picture ID proof of address proof of citizenship/passport proof of household income Social Security card/number

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
(320)591-1570

Voice - Intake Pine City

(320)216-4100

Voice - Intake Sandstone

https://www.pinecountymn.gov/departments/health_and_human_services/financial_assistance_(welfare)/elderly_or_disabled.php

Interpretation services

Interpreters available

Application process

Call

Service area

Pine County, MN

Other Information

Program Fees

No Fee

Description

Medicare Savings Programs have four sub-programs: Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI): Helps pay for Part A premiums only. Qualifying Individual (QI): Helps pay for Part B premiums only. Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB): Helps pay for Part A and B premiums as well as deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB): Helps pay for Part B premiums only. ?Monthly income and countable resource limits apply. Countable resources include any checking or savings funds, stocks, and bonds. A home, one car, a burial plot, $1500 in burial expenses (if the amount is set aside), furniture, and other household items are not applied toward the resource limit. Participants pay for Medicare services that aren't covered, such as routine physicals and prescription drugs.? ?Generally under these programs, premiums are put back into the monthly Social Security check, increasing participants' monthly income.

Last Assured

10/14/2025

Providing organization

Pine County Public Health and Human Services

County human services office