Medicare Resources

Government web sites

State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs). These are state-run programs that can give you free, one-on-one answers to your Medicare questions.  Here's the contact information for all SHIP programs.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
www.cms.hhs.gov

Medicare.gov. The official U.S. government web site for people with Medicare.
Phone: 800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227)
www.medicare.gov

Social Security Administration
Phone: 800-772-1213
http://www.ssa.gov/

Other web sites

AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons)
http://www.aarp.org/health/medicare/

BenefitsCheckUp, a service of the National Council on Aging
www.benefitscheckup.org

Center for Medicare Advocacy
http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/default.htm

Eldercare Locator
www.eldercare.gov

Families USA
www.familiesusa.org

Kaiser Family Foundation
www.kff.org/medicare

Medicare Rights Center
www.medicarerights.org

My Medicare Matters, from the National Council on Aging
http://www.mymedicarematters.org/