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Food Stamps—If you get food stamps, you may want to join a Medicare drug plan. If you qualify for Extra Help, your food stamp benefits may decline, but the value of Medicare's Extra Help will make up for that decrease. Compare your costs for your current drug coverage to what your costs would be with Medicare prescription drug coverage and the Extra Help. If you're near the food stamps eligibility cutoff, you may lose your minimum food stamp benefits because you'll be paying less for your prescription drugs. But remember that the value of the Extra Help paying your drug costs will make up for any decrease in food stamp benefits.
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Does anyone know what this means by "food stamp benefits may decline but the value of Medicare's Extra Help will make up for that."
Does the extra help provide me with extra money per month to make up for decline in food benefits? I mean I already pay a premium out of my SSDI benefits, and declining my food benefits is gonna suck because instead of $820/ month I'm now getting only $710 and most of that is to pay the cost of bills. I need the food card to get food. If anyone knows what they are talking about here, I'd appreciate the feedback.