||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER |||
January through March is your opportunity to correct many common Medicare problems. Your local Statewide Health Insurance Benefit Advisors (SHIBA) volunteers can help you with the following problems:
- You didn’t receive your new Drug or Advantage Plan Card.
- Your doctor or pharmacy isn’t in your plan’s network in 2025.
- You discover your old plan is not available in 2025.
- You don’t like the Advantage Plan you signed up for. You can switch to another Advantage plan or go back to basic Medicare, and you may be able to get a Medigap (Medicare Supplement).
- You didn’t enroll in Medicare when you turned 65.
SHIBA, sponsored by Orcas Senior Center, is a free, unbiased, and confidential informational service offered through the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner. Call the Orcas SHIBA office at 360-376-5892 to schedule a counseling session.
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