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LINKS TO OTHER IMPORTANT WEBSITES

Below are links to other websites that contain publications and other information on Medicare and related subjects. Just click on the highlighted link (or click "Español" for the Spanish version where available).

Free Publication Downloads
and Links

General

All Medicare publications
Your Medicare Benefits (or Español)
Medicare & You (or Español)
CMS Medicare & You State Information website

National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Aging
NIA Health Information

Prescription Drugs

Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage: How To Join (or Español)
Your Guide to Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage (or Español)
What Drugs Do Medicare Drug Plans Cover (or Español)
Bridging The Coverage Gap (or Español)

Medigap

Medigap Policies: The Basics (or Español)
Choosing a Medigap Policy (or Español)
Medigap & Prescription Drugs Coverage: Quick Facts (or Español)

Home Health, Mental Health, and Long Term Care

Medicare & Home Health Care (or Español)
Compare Home Health Care Agencies (or Español)
Own Your Future: Planning Guide for Long Term Care (or Español)
Long Term Care: Choosing The Right Place (or Español)
Medicare and Your Mental Health (or Español)
Nursing Homes: Making the Right Choice (or Español)
National Clearing House for Long Term Care Information
Medicare Nursing Home Compare (or Español)

Care Givers

Guide for Families and Friends of People With Medicare
National Institute on Aging Caregiving Resources

Financial

Protecting Medicare and You From Fraud (or Español)
Health Savings Accounts
Help With Medicare Costs (or Español)
IRS booklet Health Savings Accounts
Treasury Department web site

Other Medicare-Related Federal
and State Websites

US Department of Health & Human Services

HHS is a cabinet-level department of the Federal government that has responsibility for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and many other government social programs. From their main website you can navigate to all the relevant agencies. Click for the HHS website.

Social Security

Call Social security at 1-800-772-1213. TTY users call 1-800-325-0778. Or click for the Social Security website.

CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CMS manages Medicare as well as Medicaid and other health programs. Click the links below.

CMS website section on Medicare
Medicare Covers America cable TV show

Medicare

If you want to go directly to Medicare, you can call them at 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048. You can also access their various websites at the links below.

Medicare general website
My Medicare online account access

My Medicare registration
My Medicare log in

Choose/change your Medicare drug plan

Plan D coverage free booklets

Home Health Care

History of Medicare

Medicare billing issues

Special Needs Plans

Medicaid

Medicaid General Information

Other assistance programs

Medicaid At A Glance

Find A Local Medicaid Office

Other Federal Government Benefits Programs

Call 1-800-333-4636, or click the link to the Government Benefits website.

General Federal Government Information For Seniors

Senior Citizens' Resources

HHS Administration on Aging

Healthy People 2010 Publications

Healthy People 2010 website

Eldercare Locator

National Institutes of Health-Institute on Aging: Specific Resources

Other General Federal Government Information

1-800-333-4636
USA.gov website

State Specific Information

There are 48 geographic-specific versions of Medicare & You 2007 with drug and health plan comparison charts for particular states or regions. For the most current plan information for your state, click the link below, and the find your state.

CMS Medicare & You State Information website

Medicare has a link to each state's Health Insurance Assistance Program. These have counselors available to provide free, one-on-one help with your Medicare questions or problems. To access contact information for a counselor in your area, click the link below.

Your State Health Insurance Assistance Program

There are also links to your state's general website that contains all sorts of state information. You can access this at the link below.

Your State's general website

The Kaiser Family Foundation* also has a site that provides health-related information by state, including contacts for state-specific Medicare information. You can access this for state-specific health facts and contacts at the link below.

Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts

* The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation dedicated to providing information and analysis on health care issues to policymakers, the media, the health care community and the general public. The Foundation is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.