Form SSA-1026-SCE SSA - Reporting a Change That May Affect Your Extra Help

Redetermination of Eligibility for Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs

SSA-1026-SCE - Revised

SSA-1026-SCE - Reporting a Change That May Affect Your Extra Help

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4. If all of the information on the Resources and Income Summary is correct, place an
and go to question 11 on page 5, sign and return this form.

in the box

If any of the information on the Resources and Income Summary is incorrect, continue to
question 5.
5. We need to know about resources that you, your spouse (if married and living together) or both
of you have.
Instructions: Please look at the information we have about your resources on the Resources and
Income Summary on the back of the enclosed letter.
If the information has not changed, place an in the box and go to question 6.

If the information has changed, fill in the new amount in the boxes below.
Type of Resource

The Correct Amount Is

Bank accounts (checking, savings
and certificates of deposit)

7. For this question, a relative is someone related to you by blood, adoption, or marriage (but not
including your spouse). How many relatives live with you and depend on you or your spouse for
at least one-half of their financial support?
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and Income Summary on the back of the enclosed letter. If the information has not changed,
place an in the box and go to question 8.
Please do not include yourself or your spouse in the number you enter. If your household
consists only of you or you and your spouse, place an in the ZERO box. Place an in only
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8. We need to know about income not from work that you, your spouse (if married and living
together) or both of you have from any of the sources listed below.
Instructions: Please look at the information we have about your income not from work on the
Resources and Income Summary on the back of the enclosed letter.
If the information has not changed, place an

in the box and go to question 9.

If the information has changed, fill in the new amount in the boxes below.

Stocks, bonds, savings bonds, mutual
funds, Individual Retirement Accounts
or other similar investments

The Correct Monthly Amount Is
Social Security benefits before deductions

Cash
Railroad Retirement benefits before deductions
Value of real estate other than your home

Veteran’s benefits before deductions

6. Will some money from the sources listed in question 5 be used to pay for funeral or burial expenses?
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Section 1860D-14 of the Social Security Act, as amended, allows us to collect this information.
Furnishing us this information is voluntary. However, failing to provide all or part of the
information may affect your eligibility for the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (Part D) subsidy.
We will use the information to review and re-determine your eligibility for the Medicare Part D
subsidy. We may also share your information for the following purposes, called routine uses:
1. To applicants, claimants, prospective applicants or claimants (other than the data subjects
and their authorized representatives) to the extent necessary for the purpose of pursuing
Medicare Part D and Part D subsidy entitlement or appeal rights; and
2. To the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for the purpose of administering
Medicare Part D enrollment and premium collection and Medicare Advantage Part C
premium collections, as well as Medicare Part B income-related monthly adjustment
amounts.

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Type of Resource

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Bank accounts (checking, savings
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7. For this question, a relative is someone related to you by blood, adoption, or marriage (but not
including your spouse). How many relatives live with you and depend on you or your spouse for
at least one-half of their financial support?
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Veteran’s benefits before deductions

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in the box

If any of the information on the Resources and Income Summary is incorrect, continue to
question 5.
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of you have.
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Income Summary on the back of the enclosed letter.
If the information has not changed, place an in the box and go to question 6.

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including your spouse). How many relatives live with you and depend on you or your spouse for
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and go to question 11 on page 5, sign and return this form.

in the box

If any of the information on the Resources and Income Summary is incorrect, continue to
question 5.
5. We need to know about resources that you, your spouse (if married and living together) or both
of you have.
Instructions: Please look at the information we have about your resources on the Resources and
Income Summary on the back of the enclosed letter.
If the information has not changed, place an in the box and go to question 6.

If the information has changed, fill in the new amount in the boxes below.
Type of Resource

The Correct Amount Is

Bank accounts (checking, savings
and certificates of deposit)

7. For this question, a relative is someone related to you by blood, adoption, or marriage (but not
including your spouse). How many relatives live with you and depend on you or your spouse for
at least one-half of their financial support?
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place an in the box and go to question 8.
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together) or both of you have from any of the sources listed below.
Instructions: Please look at the information we have about your income not from work on the
Resources and Income Summary on the back of the enclosed letter.
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in the box and go to question 9.

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Stocks, bonds, savings bonds, mutual
funds, Individual Retirement Accounts
or other similar investments

The Correct Monthly Amount Is
Social Security benefits before deductions

Cash
Railroad Retirement benefits before deductions
Value of real estate other than your home

Veteran’s benefits before deductions

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Other pensions or annuities before deductions.
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Section 1860D-14 of the Social Security Act, as amended, allows us to collect this information.
Furnishing us this information is voluntary. However, failing to provide all or part of the
information may affect your eligibility for the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (Part D) subsidy.
We will use the information you provide to review and re-determine your eligibility for the
Medicare Part D subsidy. We may also share the information for the following purposes, called
routine uses:
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To applicants, claimants, prospective applicants or claimants (other than the data
subjects and their authorized representatives) to the extent necessary for the purpose
of pursuing Medicare Part D and Part D subsidy entitlement or appeal rights; and

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To the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for the purpose of administering
Medicare Part D enrollment and premium collection and Medicare Advantage Part C
premium collections, as well as Medicare Part B income-related monthly adjustment
amounts.

In addition, we may share this information in accordance with the Privacy Act and other Federal
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matching programs, in which our records are compared with other records to establish or verify a
person’s eligibility for Federal benefit programs and for repayment of incorrect or delinquent
debts under these programs.
A list of additional routine uses is available in our Privacy Act System of Records Notices
(SORNs) 60-0310, entitled Medicare Savings Programs Information System, as published in the
Federal Register (FR) on March 31, 2004, at 69 FR 17019; and 60-0321, entitled Medicare
Database (MDB) File, as published in the FR on July 25, 2006, at 71 FR 42159. Additional
information, and a full listing of all of our SORNs, is available on our website at
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