Luckily, many states have information programs for seniors who are on Medicare, and the Ohio health insurance program is one of them. Called OSHIIP, it stands for the Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program. It provides ways for those covered by Medicare and their family trying to help them to get fast medical care and to understand their coverage. Such convenient features as a toll free hotline make getting assistance with understanding your medical health insurance quick, easy, and calming.

Not only does the OSHIIP program provide you with information about Medicare insurance, but it has volunteers that can sit with you individually and help you interpret the Medicare possible plans and decide which one is the best for you. They can also help you find out many ways in which you can save money using Medicare.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama

I’m seventy years old and have been living in Florida for six months. What kinds of programs does Florida have for health insurance for seniors?

Duke

SHINE.

Sorry, not trying to be unreasonably cheery. That’s actually the name of Florida’s health insurance program for seniors. SHINE. It stands for Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders and is the state’s subsection of the program, called SHIP, or state health insurance programs, that is existent in every state and territory of the United States. SHINE does not actually provide Florida seniors with senior health insurance–that’s what Medicaid is for–but it does provide them with plenty of very useful services.

SHINE is, essentially, a way to educated senior citizens living in Florida of what their options are when it comes to medical health insurance. It helps them decide what they want to do in the long run, and helps them disentangle the confusing red tape that is wrapped around the new, improved Medicare prescription program. This free education comes in the form of one on one counseling and group efforts.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.