OSWEGO COUNTY – The Well being Insurance coverage Data Counseling and Help Program (HIICAP) provided by the Oswego County Workplace for the Growing older (OFA) is quickly suspended as a consequence of a staffing scarcity.
“We’re experiencing a brief scarcity of educated counselors to reply medical insurance questions for our seniors,” stated Sara Sunday, director of the Oswego County Workplace for the Growing older. “We all know it is a helpful service and can announce as quickly as we’re capable of supply it once more.”
HIICAP is a federally funded program from the Middle for Medicare and Medicaid Companies which gives free, unbiased medical insurance steering to seniors. Skilled counselors reply questions and supply details about Medicare and different packages to assist seniors make educated selections about their medical insurance.
This suspension won’t have an effect on the OFA’s digital Medicare 101 program. These periods assist soon-to-be Medicare beneficiaries perceive the nuts and bolts of how well being care works beneath Medicare. The following session can be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Could 26.
For extra info, please name the Oswego County Workplace for the Growing older at 315-349-3484.