What To Do Right Now for Medicare and Long-Term Care
Who can help me understand Medicare and Long-Term Care?
Your best resource for personal, up-to-date, and unbiased information is HICAP (Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program) within California or SHIP (State Health Insurance Programs) outside of California. HICAP/SHIP is a free service funded through Medicare to provide health insurance counseling to current and future beneficiaries. In California, call HICAP at 1-800-434-0222 for an appointment.
What else can I do right now?
Health Insurance is very much in the news these days. You can be sure that the policies and procedures relating to Medicare and Long-Term Care will continue to change. It is important to keep up with the changes and how they will affect you and your loved ones.
The following is a list of things that you can do right now to best take care of yourself and your family:
- Educate yourself about what Medicare and Long-Term Care Insurance does and does not cover
- Discuss your potential health care needs as well as those of your family
- Discuss your wishes for care in the event you are unable to make decisions for yourself and ask your family about their wishes
- Complete an Advanced Health Care Directive and durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare and encourage your loved ones to do the same
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