Medicare Savings Programs - Rice County Social Services
1651 Jefferson Parkway, Suite 110, Northfield, MN 55057
- Residents of Rice County who meet income and asset guidelines - May need to be enrolled in Part A and Part B of the Medicare program
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
8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
Interpreters available; Somali; Spanish
Call; walk in; visit website https://www.mnsure.org/
Rice County, MN
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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.
03/19/2026
Rice County Social Services
County family services agency