If you feel like every time you go to the grocery store, you end up having to pay more money for less food, you’re not alone. Recent inflation and supply chain pressures have pushed up the prices of many items at supermarkets around the country.
These increases can be difficult for anyone to manage, but for older adults on fixed incomes, the rising cost of food can be especially challenging.
However, the Medicare grocery allowance – a benefit that may help offset some of the costs of healthy foods for seniors – can help.
Here, we’ll walk through everything you need to know about the Medicare grocery allowance offered by some Medicare Advantage plans.
For seniors struggling to make ends meet, the concept of a grocery allowance connected to their Medicare benefits is appealing – and it is, in fact, real. However, it’s not available with every plan.
“Original Medicare (Parts A and B) does not offer any grocery allowances, but some of the Medicare Advantage plans do,” notes Stephanie Pogue, a St. Louis-based certified Medicare insurance planner and the CEO of St. Louis Insurance Group.