­Navigating The Medicare Maze

SOUTHBURY — Get questions answered about Medicare, Medicare D, Advantage Plans, fraud, and more at a Medicare Round Table on Monday, November 5 at 1 pm. This free program is open to the public and is sponsored by the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging and Brownstein Jewish Family Service.

It takes place in the library at the Walzer Family Jewish Community Campus, 444 Main Street North. Participants will find out from presenter Eric Freedman what is new with Medicare and if there are programs that can help them through the “Medicare Maze.”

Then visitors can sign up for a spot on the computer equipped Medicare Bus from the Connecticut Department of Social Services. Appointments are available on Monday, November 19, from 10 am to 1 pm, to help seniors evaluate and/or choose their drug plan.

A list of medications should be brought along. Early registration is recommended for this important, free service, as last year all spots were quickly filled.

Appointments last approximately 45 minutes. The Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging is encouraging people on Medicare to have their prescriptions drugs run through the Medicare Plan Finder to make sure that they have a plan that best meets their needs for 2008. Those clients who are on ConnPACE, the Medicare Savings Program or the extra help (LIS), do not have to have this done.

To RSVP for the November 5 Round Table or the November 19 Medicare Bus, call Debby Horowitz at 203-267-3177, extension 105.