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Guide Book Section 5
Apprise Health Insurance Resource Library
Apprise Health Insurance Resource Library
Order Form
If you would like to order a copy of any of the following health insurance materials please complete the simple oredering procedures.
- You can print out this order form and mail/or fax it to:
Erie Center on Health & Aging
406 Peach Street
Erie, PA 16507
Fax: 814 452-1578
- Please fill out the following information:
Insurance Publication List
Medicare Information
Medicaid Information
Supplemental Insurance
Managed Care/Medicare HMOs/Security Blue
Long Term Health Care Insurance
Apprise Health Insurance
Social Security
Pace (Pharmaceutical Assistance Program) Information
Other Benefits
Insurance Publication List
Benefits And Rights For Older Pennsylvanians -PA Dept. of Aging (1998), 112 page booklet
"Health Insurance Costs Callenge Early Retirees" - Times Publishing Company article, Your Money (1999)
Medicare Information
Puzzled by Medicare? -KePRO (1998), 43 pages
This booklet will explain, your medicare rights, how KePRO can protect your medical rights, where you can go for help, and Medicare+Choice health insurance options. It also provides a list of Medicare covered preventive services, discusses disease prevention ideas and suggestions to improve communication with health care providers, and ways to manage lifestyle changes resulted from changes in health.
1999 Guide to Health Insurance for People with Medicare -Health Care Financing Administration, 61 pages
KePRO's Medicare Family Booklet: Your family's guide to your loved one's Medicare and health care information -KePRO, pamphlet
KePRO and Your Medicare Rights -KePRO, pamphlet
"Medicare News You Can Use: An Intro to Medicare Changes" -KePRO (1998-99), 4 pages
"Medicare is Changing Now" -AARP (1998), 4 pages
"Medicare & Other Health Befnefits: Who Pays First?" -Health Care Financing Administration, 20 pages
Medicaid Information
"Medicaid Help in Paying Medicare Expenses Available to Some Low-Income Persons" -Health Care Financing Administration (1995), 9-page pamphlet
"Healthy Horizons: An Expanded Medicaid Program; Questions and Answers for the Elderly or Disabled" -PA Department of Pub;ic Welfare, pamphlet
Do You Qualify for Healthy Horizons/QMB/SLMB? -AARP (1998) & Northwestern Legal Services
Applications for Benefits: Cash, Medical Assistance, and/or Food Stamps
Supplemental Insurance
Medicare Supplement Premium Guide & Annual Premiums by Benefit Plan -PA Department of Insurance (1999)
These 8 & 13-page booklets contain information about Medicare & supplemental (Medigap) insurance. They also guide you through choosing a supplemental insurance plan and caompare premiums for all plans and all companies in Pennsylvania.
"Searching for the Best Way to Bridge the Gap" (Medigap) -Times Publishing Company article, Your Money (1998)
Pennsylvania Approved Medicare Supplement Plans as of December 1998 -PA Insurance Department
Managed Care/Medicare HMOs/Security Blue
"Managed Care: An AARP Guide" (1995), 21 pages
"Managed Care Q & A: Answers to Your Questions About Medicare Managed Care in Pennsylvania" -PA Department of Aging, pamphlet
Medicare Managed Care: "Is It Right For You?" -Erie Center on Health & Aging (1996)
News You Can Use: "What is a Medicare HMO?" - KePRO (1995), 2 pages
"Managed Care Plans-Medicare Beneficiaries Can Enroll In HMOs & Other Managed Care PLans" -The Health Care Financing Administration, 15 pages
Guide: "Medicare Managed Care - HMOs" -PA Department of Aging, 17 pages
Medicare Beneficiary Advisory Bulletin: "What Medicare Beneficiaries Need To KNow About HMO Arrangements" -The Office of Inspector General & The Health Care Financing Administration (1996), 21 pages
"What to do If You Have a Problem With Your HMO" -PA Department of Health, pamphlet
"Medicare Managed Care: Though the savings are attractive, an HMO isn't for everyone" -Times Publishing Company article, Pulse (1996)
Long Term Health Care Insurance
A Shopper's Guide to Long Term Care Insurance -National Association of Insurance Commissioners (1999)
This 32-page booklet contains information about long-term care and insurance options available to help pay for long-term care services. This publication includes two personal worksheets, one to find long-term care services that provide long-term care and the cost of these services; the second worksheet will help you compare policies.
An Overview of Long-term Insurance -National Association of Insurance Commissioners (1999)
This 11-page booklet was developed as a supplement to the national publication "A Shopper's Guide to Long Term Care Insurance". This booklet provides specific information about Pennsylvania's laws. This publication includes four personal worksheets that will help you evaluate your long-term care needs and help you make an "informed decision".
Questions and Answers on Medicaid Estate Recovery for Long-Term Care Under OBRA -AARP (1993), 20 pages
Long Term Insurance: Special Report -Consumer Reports (1997), 16 pages
This article provides information about long-term care insurance, how to determine if you need insurance, how to judge a policy, how agants spin the coverage, and provides ratings of long-term care policies.
"Consider this Insurance with Care" (Long-term care insurance) -Times Publishing Company article, Your Money (1998)
"We looked into reported concerns about Long-Term Care Services: The OMBUDSMAN Program" -PA Department of Aging, pamphlet
Pennsylvania Approved Long Term Care Plans as of December 1998 -PA Insurance Department
Apprise Health Insurance
APPRISE's Medicare, Medicaid, &anp; Long Term Care Insurance: Helping You With Health Insurance Questions -PA Department of Aging, pamphlet
"Overwhelmed by Health Insurance? Introducing APPRISE. A free insurance counseling program for older Pennsylvanians" -pamhplet
Social Security
Understanding Social Security" -Social Security Administaration (1995), 39 pages
"Supplemental Security Income" -Social Security Administration (1994), 12 pages
Applications for Social Security
PACE (Pharmaceutical Assistance Program) Information
PACE and PACENET Bulletins
PACE and PACENET Applications
Other Benefits
Medicare Rights Center: The Medicare Home Health and Hospice Benefits -Care for People with Advanced Illnesses (1998), 9 pages
Medicare: Hospice Benefits -Health Care Financing Administration, pamphlet
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