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Medicare Savings Programs have four sub-programs: 1) The Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI) helps pay for Part A premiums only. The monthly income limits are $2,050 individuals or $2,727 married couples; 2) The Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) helps pay for Part A and B premiums as well as deductibles, coinsurance, and co-payments. The monthly income limits are $1,025 individuals or $1,374 married couples; 3) The Qualifying Individual (QI) helps pay for Part B premiums only. The monthly income limits are $1,377 individuals or $1,848 married couples; 4) The Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB): Helps pay for Part B premiums only. The monthly income limits are $1,226 individuals or $1,644 married couples. Generally under these programs, premiums are put back into the monthly Social Security check, making participants' monthly income increase.

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