Pre-Medicare Informational Program at Scottsbluff

Help is available for people born in 1946 or 1947 who are receiving lots of mail about Medicare insurance. Jeanne Murray, UNL Extension Educator and a Nebraska Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) volunteer, will have an informational presentation on pre-Medicare issues at Scottsbluff in early April.

The program will be at 6:30 p.m. April 5 in the Bluestem Room at the Panhandle Research & Extension Center, 4502 Ave. I, Scottsbluff. Enter the building from the doors off the south parking lot just east of the Nursing College entrance.

Topics include how and when to apply for Medicare; what to do for those who want to keep working and delay Medicare; explanations of Part A, Part B, and Part D; descriptions of Medicare Advantage plans; deciding whether to purchase Medigap or supplemental insurance; and things to consider when choosing a plan? There will also be information on Medicare’s preventive services and MyMedicare.gov, the place where claim information is stored.

For adequate handouts, please RSVP by Friday, April 1, to the Scotts Bluff County Extension Office at 632-1480.