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Medicare Advantage Essential Extras makes life easier
Our Medicare Advantage plans may include Essential Extras. These are additional benefits to help make everyday life easier. Our Medicare Advantage members can customize their Essential Extras at no additional cost.
Custom benefits for your whole health
You’ll be able to choose up to two of the following benefits, depending on the plan.
Dental, vision, and hearing allowance
Annual allowance for your dental, vision, or hearing needs.
Grocery allowance1,3
Monthly allowance for the purchase of healthy grocery items such as fresh meats and vegetables, frozen meats, dairy items, and canned goods at participating stores.
Utility allowance1,3
Quarterly allowance to help pay for household utilities including gas, electric, water, or sewer. It can also be used for your internet and cellular bills.
Transportation2
Regular one-way trips for health-related appointments.
Get a prepaid card for everyday essentials
Our Wellpoint Medicare Advantage and Dual Special Needs plans may include a Benefits Prepaid Card. If you’re eligible, you can use this to help pay for things like groceries,1,3 utilities,1,3 and over-the-counter items.
How do I get Essential Extras?
You’ll have to enroll in one of our Medicare Advantage plans to qualify. Not all plans include Essential Extras, and benefits may differ based on the plan you choose.
Your doctor may need to confirm you qualify for certain benefits. Unused benefit allowances do not roll over monthly or annually.
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1Members may receive a monthly or quarterly allowance in the form of a benefits prepaid card to pay for a wide range of approved groceries and utilities. Unused amounts will expire at the end of the month or quarter. Benefits vary by plan.
2Transportation services are issued as one-way trips and provided on an annual basis. Benefits vary by plan.
3Depending on your plan, the benefits listed may be available through the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model or to eligible members as Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI). You may qualify for SSBCI if you have a high risk for hospitalization and require intensive care coordination to manage chronic conditions such as Chronic Kidney Diseases, Chronic Lung Disorders, Cardiovascular Disorders, Chronic Heart Failure, or Diabetes. For a full list of chronic conditions or to learn more about other eligibility requirements needed to qualify for SSBCI benefits, please refer to Chapter 4 in the plan’s Evidence of Coverage.
The Benefits Mastercard® Prepaid Card is issued by The Bancorp Bank, N.A., Member FDIC, pursuant to license by Mastercard International Incorporated. Mastercard is a registered trademark, and the circles design is a trademark of Mastercard International Incorporated. This is a benefits card that can only be used at certain Mastercard merchants participating in this program and will be authorized for qualified purchases as set forth in your Terms and Conditions. Valid only in the U.S. No cash access. Other languages are available upon request.
Wellpoint, a Medicare Advantage organization with a Medicare Contract, offers HMO, HMO D-SNP, HMO C-SNP, HMO I-SNP, LPPO, and PDP plans. Wellpoint HMO D-SNP plans additionally contract with state Medicaid programs. Enrollment in a Wellpoint health plan depends on contract renewal.