Westchester Insider: Westchester County Legislator Mary Jane Shimsky 12th District: REMINDER: Demystifying MEDICARE and Healthcare Coverage for Seniors.

 

Demystifying MEDICARE and Healthcare Coverage for Seniors.

In-person and Virtual Workshops.

People on Medicare can make changes to their health insurance during Open Enrollment, which runs through December 7th. The Westchester Library System is here to help, with its free live workshops and online version for anyone who needs to understand how Medicare works. It’s not only for people who are considering changes to their current coverage, but for those who are soon to be Medicare-eligible, approaching retirement, or helping relatives or friends with their medical decisions and paperwork. All the currently scheduled in-person events are listed at the bottom of the library’s webpage https://wikis.westchesterlibraries.org/sbic/demystifying-medicare/

Topics include:

• Original Medicare
• Medicare Advantage Plans
• Prescription drug plans (Part D)
• Medigaps (supplemental plans)
• Various cost-saving programs (MSPs, Extra Help, EPIC, etc.)

For individual help, you can call the SBIC helpline at (914) 231-3260 or email them at SBIC@wlsmail.org. Like the workshops, the counseling is also free.

To sign up for live workshops, please leave your name and number at (914) 231-3236 or email SBICmedia@gmail.com. Please call the venue before attending to make sure COVID restrictions have not again caused cancellation this season. To explore the library’s full range of informational services for seniors, please visit https://seniors.westchesterlibraries.org/senior-benefits/

Locations:

SOUTH SALEM Sat., 10/30, 10:15am – 1:15pm
Lewisboro Library, 15 Main St.

SHRUB OAK Sun., 10/31, 12:30 – 3:30pm
John C. Hart Memorial Library, 1130 Main St.

SCARSDALE Wed., 11/3, 6:15 – 9:15pm
Scarsdale Public Library, 54 Olmsted Rd

ARMONK Sat., 11/6, 12 noon – 3pm
North Castle Public Library, 19 Whippoorwill Rd

PELHAM Mon., 11/8, 5:45 – 8:45pm
Town of Pelham Public Library, 530 Colonial Ave.

CORTLANDT Tues., 11/9, 6:30 – 9:30pm
Cortlandt Town Hall, 1 Heady St., Conference Rm

SOMERS (tentative) Sat., 11/13, 1:45 – 4:45pm
Somers Librry, 82 Primrose St., Katonah

CROTON Sun., 11/14, 1 – 4pm
Municipal Building, Community Room, 1 Van Wyck St.

ARDSLEY Mon., 11/15, 6 - 9pm 
Town of Greenburgh Multipurpose Center, 11 Olympic Lane, Ardsley, NY  10502          

ELMSFORD Tues., 11/16, 1 – 4pm
Westchester Library System, 570 Taxter Rd, 4th fl.