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Are you Using VIA Benefits to Obtain $900 each for You and Your Spouse Annually?

Posted on July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 By Gina Curet

About 4 months before your 65th birthday, you should contact VIA Benefits, Administrator for Lockheed Martin Retirees and Retiree Medicare Exchange at 844-596-0460; or they could reach out to you

  • If you go to an independent insurance broker, you are NOT eligible for the $900 annually each 

VIA will interview you, understand your requirements for medical and prescriptions and walk you through the various options

  • Understand your requirements!
    • Do you want just Medicare? Medicare Advantage?
    • Do you want a Supplemental plan?
    • Do you travel domestically and/or internationally?
    • What prescriptions do you take, what are the tier levels, and are there some NOT covered?
      • GoodRX can be a good alternative 
  • Considerations
    • If you choose Medicare Advantage initially and want to change to a Supplemental plan, you may be required to be underwritten before they would accept you (and can even be denied for some plans)
    • If you choose a Supplement plan, it is easier to move to the Advantage plan during the Open Enrollment Period
    • Changing Supplemental plans can sometimes be difficult, unless you move to another state
    • If the Supplemental plan changes/eliminates some of its Optional Benefits (i.e. Silver Sneaker), you may not be able to choose another Supplemental plan due to the reduced benefits
  • When you sign up for the “right” plan for you with VIA, the $900 is deposited into your selected bank account
    • Prorated the 1st year based on your anniversary month of Medicare
    • Provided annually in January of each year, thereafter 
  • No plan is perfect, but identifying your requirements will go a long way, so choose carefully when it is your time for Medicare!
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