Cap your drug costs at $2,100. And get the help you are owed.
A simple kit on the 2026 Medicare caps. It shows the programs that pay your premium and cut your drug bill. And how to fight back if they turn you down.
- Part 1 — Start Here: Cap Your Drug Costs
- Part 5 — The Hospital “Observation” Trap
- Part 2 — The New $2,100 Cap
- Part 3 — Get Help Paying
- Part 4 — Beat a Denial
- State Medicare Cost-Help Pack (51 states)
- Medicare Calls, Evidence & Appeal Records Pack
- Part 1 — Start Here: Cap Your Drug Costs
- Part 5 — The Hospital “Observation” Trap
- Part 2 — The New $2,100 Cap
- Part 3 — Get Help Paying
- Part 4 — Beat a Denial
- State Medicare Cost-Help Pack (51 states)
- Medicare Calls, Evidence & Appeal Records Pack
- Part 1 — Start Here: Cap Your Drug Costs
- Part 5 — The Hospital “Observation” Trap
- Part 2 — The New $2,100 Cap
- Part 3 — Get Help Paying
- Part 4 — Beat a Denial
- State Medicare Cost-Help Pack (51 states)
- Medicare Calls, Evidence & Appeal Records Pack
Prices shown are each part's own list price. Totals are what the set would cost bought separately.
Right now you might be thinking…
Sound familiar?
Every one of those is covered in here. This was built for people starting from exactly that spot.
What you walk away able to do:
- ✓Use the $2,100 cap and the pay-by-month plan to spread your drug costs over the year.
- ✓Check if you can get Extra Help and Savings Programs. They can pay your Part B premium and cut your drug bill.
- ✓Fight back when a drug or visit is turned down. Step by step.
- ✓Dodge the hospital “watch” trap that can stick you with a huge bill.
- ✓Use your State Help Pack to find the office that helps where you live.
…and a good deal more.
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If you only open three things, open these:
1. Start Here: Cap Your Drug Costs
The 2026 caps, the help you are owed, and how to beat a denial — mapped on four pages. Starting with the number that changed everything: $2,100 out of pocket on covered prescriptions, then $0 for the rest of the year.
2. The New $2,100 Cap
The biggest change to Medicare drug coverage in a generation. A firm annual limit on what you pay for covered prescriptions, the donut hole gone, and the payment-smoothing option that spreads the cost so no single month breaks the budget.
3. Get Help Paying
Two programs quietly pay Medicare costs for millions who qualify — and millions more who qualify never apply. Extra Help on drug costs and the Medicare Savings Programs on premiums, with the income limits, which are higher than most people assume.
If you want nothing to slip afterwards, these do that:
4. Beat a Denial
A prior-authorization denial, step therapy or a quantity limit is not the final word; most people give up and the ones who appeal often win. How to ask for an exception first, then the five appeal levels and what each one decides.
5. The Hospital “Observation” Trap
You can spend days in a hospital bed and still be an outpatient under observation. It sounds like paperwork, but it is billed differently and it does not count toward the three-day inpatient stay Medicare requires before it will pay for rehab. How to find out, and what to say.
6. State Medicare Cost-Help Pack (51 states)
Your own state's pages: the agency that runs each program, the income limits that apply where you live, the forms, and the free counselling number. All 51 included; you read yours.
What this is worth, piece by piece:
You save $110. That is 76% off.
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What people ask me first…
I would not know where to start”
That is exactly what the first part is for — it starts from zero and tells you the next single thing to do.
I am not good with computers”
Everything is a PDF in large type you can print at home. Nothing to install, nothing to set up.
I have put this off for a while”
Then start with the one-page scan. It takes ten minutes and tells you whether the rest is worth your afternoon.
I should probably ask my daughter”
Hand it to them. The worksheets are built to be filled in together and the scripts are written to be read out loud.
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Questions I get asked a lot
Is this easy to use?+
Yes. Plain words, big type, and simple lists. If you can read a letter and make a phone call, you can use this.
What is the $2,100 cap?+
In 2026, it is the most you pay all year for covered Part D drugs. Once you hit it, covered drugs cost you $0. The kit shows how to use it and spread the payments.
When do I get it?+
Right away. It shows up on your screen the moment you pay. We email you a copy too.
Do I pay every month?+
No. You pay $34 one time. Nothing repeats. There is nothing to cancel.
Is this insurance or medical advice?+
No. It only teaches you. Help is free from Medicare at 1-800-MEDICARE, from your plan, and from your state SHIP office.
Cap your drug costs at $2,100. And get the help you are owed.
- Part 1 — Start Here: Cap Your Drug Costs
- Part 5 — The Hospital “Observation” Trap
- Part 2 — The New $2,100 Cap
- Part 3 — Get Help Paying
- Part 4 — Beat a Denial
- State Medicare Cost-Help Pack (51 states)
- Medicare Calls, Evidence & Appeal Records Pack
- Part 1 — Start Here: Cap Your Drug Costs
- Part 5 — The Hospital “Observation” Trap
- Part 2 — The New $2,100 Cap
- Part 3 — Get Help Paying
- Part 4 — Beat a Denial
- State Medicare Cost-Help Pack (51 states)
- Medicare Calls, Evidence & Appeal Records Pack
- Part 1 — Start Here: Cap Your Drug Costs
- Part 5 — The Hospital “Observation” Trap
- Part 2 — The New $2,100 Cap
- Part 3 — Get Help Paying
- Part 4 — Beat a Denial
- State Medicare Cost-Help Pack (51 states)
- Medicare Calls, Evidence & Appeal Records Pack
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