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Can HIICAP Help You?
By: Ellen Gelting
Peggy Moran is so upset for seniors that she is learning everything she can about Medicare. “Figuring out Medicare is just way too much work for a retired person,” she said, “they get a book in the mail three inches thick and then have to make a choice that affects every aspect of their life.” A poor health insurance choice can be financially devastating, and if that's not bad enough, it could mean the difference between getting the medicine you need to live, and not getting it.
Peggy Moran is the new Health Insurance Information Counseling Assistance Program (HIICAP) Coordinator and Counselor at Senior Services of Albany. She heads up an outreach program funded by the Albany County Department for Aging that has a singular mission: to make sure that every Albany County senior citizen gets the health insurance they need, with the best coverage that they can afford to have. With help from the Town of Colonie Senior Resources Department and the Town of Bethlehem Senior Services, she is busy doing just that.
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Senior Services of Albany Affiliations, Memberships and Partnerships
Albany County Department for Aging, Albany County Department of Health, Albany County Department of Social Services, Capital District Healthy Choices NYS Grant Advisory Council-SUNY Center for Excellence in Aging), Capital Region Caregivers Coalition, Capital District Senior Issues Forum, CD Shop (Capital District Senior Housing Options Program), Council of Community Services, Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations (CANA), Eddy Visiting Nurse Association, Hudson Park Neighborhood Association, IAP Advisory Board (SUNY – Internships in Aging Program), ITT Technical Institute, Long Term Care Consortium, NYS Chapter of the Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA), National Council on Aging (NCOA), National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC), New York State Coalition for the Aging (NYSCA), New York State Council on Aging, Northeast Caregivers Consortium, Northeast Health Diabetes Center, Northeast Regional Coalition (2-1-1 NERC), Neighborhood Naturally Occurring Residential Community (NNORC), OASIS – SUNY Albany, Park South Neighborhood Association, Regional Transportation Care Council, Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), Sage Graduate School – Nutrition Science Department, Society for Human Resource Management, SUNY – School of Public Health/School of Social Welfare - Internships in Aging Project, South End Neighborhood Association, Town of Bethlehem Senior Services, Town of Guilderland Senior Services, United Way of Northeastern New York, Volunteer Administrators Association of the Capital Region (VAACR), Village of Green Island Senior Services, Visiting Nurse Association of Albany, Visiting Nurse Service of Schenectady, United Way Speakers Bureau |
