Prescription Drug Assistance
AMOS – Affordable Medicine Options for Seniors (CAC): 524-2786
Office on Aging
2247 Western Avenue, 37921 (street)
P.O. Box 51650, 37950-1650 (mailing)
AMOS provides information, individual advice, referrals, and assistance with application forms to lower prescription medicine costs. Group presentations. Free.
Medicare Part D: 1-800-633-4227
Medicare offers prescription drug coverage to everyone with Medicare. If you decide not to get Medicare drug coverage when you’re first eligible, you’ll likely pay a late enrollment penalty unless you have other creditable prescription drug coverage, or you get Extra Help. Call AMOS for advice and assistance in enrolling in Part D and applying for Extra Help.
Savings Check Up/Benefits Enrollment Center (CAC): 546-6262
Office on Aging/Senior Information & Referral
2247 Western Avenue, 37921 (street)
P.O. Box 51650, 37950-1650 (mailing)
Service to help low-income older adults and persons with disabilities find and enroll in all the money-saving benefits programs for which they are eligible. Focus on connecting people to the core benefits: Medicare Part D Extra Help/Low- Income Subsidy (LIS), Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs), Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and other state or local benefits programs. Visit www.benefitscheckup.org to learn more about potential benefits.