Free Medicare help
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- October
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The Westchester Library System and the Medicare Rights Center have partnered to present a series of free programs aimed at helping older adults navigate the Medicare maze.
The programs will be presented in November and December at the Grinton I. Will Library in Yonkers and the Yorktown Community and Cultural Center.
Above, Flo Brodley, a Medicare Rights Center volunteer, explains how
choosing the right Medicare health plan can save you money at a Health
Advocacy Resource Center seminar presented by the Westchester Library System
in Shrub Oak.
The first program is titled “Is Your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (Part D) the Right One for You?”
It will be presented Nov. 13, from 11 a.m. to noon, at the Yorktown Community & Cultural Center (1974 Commerce St) and on Nov. 18, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m,. at the Will Library (1500 Central Ave., Yonkers).
The second program (“Is Your Medicare Health Insurance Plan the Right One for You?”) will be held Dec. 9, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., at the Will Library.
Here’s another great thing to keep in mind: the Health Advocacy Resource Center (HARC) offers free counseling on Medicare issues year-round. HARC is in two locations: the Will Library (counseling offered Mondays and Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and the John C. Hart Memorial Library in Shrub Oak (counseling on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.).
The Health Advocacy Resource Centers also offer other health-related information of interest to older adults and caregivers.
Everything is free, and you do not need to be a resident of the community in which the center is based.
To reach the center in Yonkers, call 914-289-7138.
For the HARC in Shrub Oak, call 914-269-7137.
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Baby boomer Linda Lombroso was born in Queens and grew up in Port Washington. She began her journalism career at New York Magazine and Rolling Stone, and came back to the field after spending 10 years as a stay-at-home mother. Linda joined The Journal News in 1997 and has been a Life & Style writer since 2000. She has three children.
