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  Information from Government Agencies
 
   APPRISE - State Health Insurance Assistance Program (Separate Website)
Information on APPRAISE, the State Health Insurance Assistance Program. The Pennsylvania Department of Aging created APPRISE to help Pennsylvanians understand their Medicare and other health insurance benefits and assist them in making sound decisions about what is best for them.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Aging
  
   
   Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) Program (Separate Website)
Information on the PA Health Insurance Premium Payment Program
By: Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
  
   
   Benefits For People With Disabilities (Separate Website)
Comprehensive listing of the many social security programs available to people with disabilities. Information on how to apply, on-line forms, and a link to the benefit eligibility screening tool.
By: Social Security Administration
  
   
   The Ticket To Work And Self-Sufficiency Program (Separate Website)
Information regarding the Ticket To Work And Self-Sufficiecy Program and how more Americans with disabilities have the opportunity to participate in the workforce and lessen their dependence on public benefits.
By: Social Security Administration
  
   
   Health Reform & Medicare (Video)
This video discusses what the Affordable Care Act means for Medicare recipients.
By: HealthCare.gov
  
   
   HealthCare.gov (Separate Website)
HealthCare.gov is a federal government Website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services providing information on health care options that are available.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  
   
   If You're Self Employed (Separate Website)
Fact Sheet for people who are self-employed regarding paying Social Security and Medicare taxes, earning credits, calculating net earnings, and more.
By: Social Security Administration

    Read this in: Spanish / Español
  
   
   Benefit Publications from the Social Security Administration (Separate Website)
Large collection of publications providing information on the various programs such as: disability benefits, appeal process, benefits for people with HIV, how workmans' compensation can affect your disability benefits, children with disabilities, info on receiving your payments, benefits for those who are blind or have low vision, details on ticket to work incentives, info on working while disabled, retirement benefits, government pension offset, medicare, windfall provision, survivors benefits, SSI, SSI for non-citizens, food stamps and other nutrition progams, protecting your on social security numbers, and more. Many publications available in Spanish.
By: Social Security Administration

    Read this in: Spanish / Español
  
   
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   Medicare at a Glance - Fact Sheet (Separate Website)
This fact sheet provides a basic overview of the Medicare program, including how it is financed, who is eligible and what benefits are covered under the program. In addition, it describes supplemental health insurance, benefits provided by the new drug law and data on Medicare expenditures and financing.
By: Kaiser Family Foundation
  
   
   Fact Sheet on Low-Income Assistance Under the Medicare Drug Benefit (Separate Website)
Beginning in 2006, 42 million elderly and disabled Medicare beneficiaries will have access to prescription drug coverage through Part D of the Medicare program, including an estimated 14.4 million who will be eligible for low-income subsidies. This fact sheet provides an overview of the drug benefit and the low-income subsidies and explores how such changes will affect participation and eligibility.
By: Kaiser Family Foundation
  
   
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