Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP)
Humboldt: (707) 444-3000
434 7th Street, Eureka, CA 95501
Del Norte: (707) 464-7876
1765 Northcrest Drive, Crescent City, CA 95531
Toll Free: 1-800-434-0222
Email: hicap@a1aa.org
Medicare Workshop Schedule, January - April 2012
HICAP staff and volunteers help Medicare beneficiaries make informed health care decisions through information provided in free counseling sessions, workshops and public presentations. Counseling services provide a broad spectrum of Medicare information:
- information about rights, benefits and options for new beneficiaries;
- how to choose supplemental insurance coverage;
- analysis of Medicare supplement program coverage;
- assistance with billing or enrollment problems;
- information about long-term care insurance;
- guided comparison of Medicare prescription drug plans;
- assistance in enrollment in prescription drug plans.
During 2009 HICAP increased its capacity to support the growing senior populations of Humboldt and Del Norte counties through the expansion of its corps of volunteer counselors. Ten trained volunteer counselors now augment the HICAP professional staff.
Significant changes to the Medicare program have beenintroduced this year (2010). The HICAP team will be ready to help more than 30,000 Humboldt and Del Norte beneficiaries negotiate the complexities of this critical and ever-changing system.
