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Marlen from Atlanta, GA 12:00:45 From Tim Pinnick to Everyone: Wilmington, NC 12:00:58 From Ben Trotter to Everyone: Orlando, FL 12:01:08 From Jen Harter to Everyone: Morristown, NJ 12:01:14 From Georgina Guardado to Everyone: Good morning all. I'm tuning in from Lake County, northern California. 12:01:35 From Adam Di Filippe to Everyone: Hey, from overcast NH! 12:01:43 From Vickie Fritzges to Host and Panelists: Hello from St. Edward Nebraska 12:01:57 From Maria Polymenakos to Everyone: Hello from Upper Darby, PA (suburb of Philadelphia) 12:02:16 From Jeffrey Hamilton to Host and Panelists: Greetings from Raleigh, NC 12:02:25 From Mina Abdollahian to Everyone: Hello from Fresno, CA 12:02:52 From Teodora Durbin to Everyone: Hello from Indy, Indiana. 12:03:06 From Kate DeLaPointe to Everyone: Hello from Scottsdale, AZ 12:03:30 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: Welcome welcome everyone! I’m so glad to see so many of you here! 12:03:48 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: Please visit us at https://www.nicheacademy.com to learn more about Niche Academy! 12:03:56 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: And check out our upcoming webinars here: https://www.nicheacademy.com/blog 12:04:15 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: If you need a certificate for this webinar you can reach us at webinar@nicheacademy.com 12:04:27 From Andrea Shumsky to Everyone: How long is this webinar? 12:04:33 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: We’ll be here for one hour 12:05:26 From Dr. Monica Hodge to Everyone: Good afternoon! Okay, and thank you so much for the provided contact information just in case we need a certificate. 12:07:34 From Angel Jacoby to Everyone: Hi from Elgin, IL. 12:11:26 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: If you’re just joining, I’ll be making the slides and recording available via email in a few days, so you’ll have all this information! 12:11:32 From Brooke Ward to Everyone: Medicare Part A does have hospice benefits: https://www.medicare.gov/Pubs/pdf/02154-medicare-hospice-benefits.pdf 12:11:42 From Megan Anderson to Everyone: what if you aren't eligible for SS? if you paid into PERS? 12:12:47 From Anne Miller to Everyone: Medicare Advantage is not the same as Medigap or supplemental plans. 12:13:03 From Carol Anne DeLuca to Host and Panelists: Are you saying that Part C is the same as Medigap Insurance? 12:13:14 From Elizabeth Gray to Everyone: Which ones cover you if you travel? (Can't go to your local provider...) 12:13:24 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: Please put any questions for Emily in the Q&A box! 12:17:26 From David Dennie to Everyone: Clarification: "Medicare Advantage" (an insurance industry term) is NOT - N.O.T. - MEDICARE. It is private medical insurance from private insurance companies. 12:20:20 From Melissa Stevenson to Everyone: can we be provided the powerpoints? 12:20:41 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: Yes - I will send the slides, recording, and chat transcript in a few days 12:21:25 From Paul Fehrmann to Everyone: RE: slides etc…thanks Julie ! 12:21:33 From Linda Krafinski to Everyone: You turn 65 still working and you have medical benefits/insurance provided by employer. Do you still need to file for Medicare at age 65 or do you wait until you retire? 12:21:58 From Pete Fox to Host and Panelists: May I share this at a senior meeting at the library. I’m a librarian. 12:22:11 From Melissa Stevenson to Everyone: Thanks! If possible I need a transcript of the recording as well. 12:22:52 From Denise Dorn to Everyone: And computer illiteracy only compounds the issue! 12:23:10 From KIMBERLÉ FIELDS to Everyone: yesss, Denise! 12:23:12 From Julie Edwards to Pete Fox, Host and Panelists: Hi Pete. The recording will be on the blog and you can certainly share that. I’d recommend talking with Emily directly if you want to share her slides! I’m sure she’ll share her email at the end. If she doesn’t, email me at julie@nicheacademy.com and I’ll connect you 12:23:18 From Elizabeth Gray to Everyone: This is great. I feel like I would like to partner with HHSA or some other organization to provide a program at our rural libraries on Health Insurance Q&A 12:23:46 From Julie Edwards to Melissa Stevenson, Host and Panelists: Hi Melissa - no problem! Email me at julie@nicheacademy.com and I should be able to get you a transcript 12:23:50 From KIMBERLÉ FIELDS to Everyone: but even those comfortable with a computer may not be good at doing the research to find the information they need. 12:23:56 From David Dennie to Everyone: There are countless examples - it's been documented and reported extensively - of people who researched their medical care and its cost(s) *carefully*, and yet still got unknowingly trapped and stuck with improper, unfair billing. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. 12:24:06 From Rebekah Berger to Host and Panelists: Even if you are used to reading technical documents and are computer literate, health insurance is so complicated, and the language is so obtuse, it is very difficult to understand. It is frustrating and also makes you feel insignificant and that the system is completely disconnected from care at any level. 12:24:42 From Julie Edwards to Rebekah Berger, Host and Panelists: This came just to me, Rebekah 12:24:52 From KIMBERLÉ FIELDS to Everyone: Do they do that Elizabeth? Do they have an outreach program? 12:25:48 From Elizabeth Gray to Everyone: Kimberlé, not sure. Will have to make time to find out. I think many health care providers have outreach but maybe not on the topic of Health Insurance. 12:26:30 From Laurie Ollhoff to Everyone: The computer illiteracy is huge! I am helping my parents all of the time and have patrons asking for help all the time. 12:27:30 From Josh Jones to Everyone: your state should have a SHIP (senior health insurance program) team that is funded by the federal government. In Ohio, they are part of the Dept of Insurance. They provide Medicare training and help beneficiaries with enrollment, plan selection, extra help and all that 12:27:50 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: Those of you interested in partnering for programming might want to check out the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. I’m not sure if they do health insurance literacy but they do lots of outreach. 12:28:12 From KIMBERLÉ FIELDS to Everyone: thanks Elizabeth and Josh! 12:28:30 From Stephaney Cortes Alvarado to Host and Panelists: Can I suggest that you have something like this focused on the Spanish speaking community? 12:29:40 From Stephaney Cortes Alvarado to Host and Panelists: coming from a latinx background I think this would be beneficial for people of all ages 12:29:48 From Susan Kroh to Everyone: Linda: yes you have to sign up for Medicare part A, which is free, but as long as you have drug coverage through your employer you do not have to buy Part B 12:30:19 From Rebekah Berger to Everyone: Having lived in Europe, I feel that publicly run insurance programs are much more efficient and affordable. The major issue is that the costs of healthcare are over inflated in the United States. 12:30:25 From Josh Jones to Everyone: if you are already signed up for SS before 65, I believe part A enrollment will be automatic 12:30:49 From Julie Edwards to Stephaney Cortes Alvarado, Host and Panelists: Thank you for the suggestion! We offer webinars for librarians, but I agree that having someone present this for larger audiences would be excellent. 12:31:06 From Judith Whittaker to Everyone: Also Office of the Aging provides guidance in NY. Not sure of other states. But they are booked and you can wait months to get an appointment. 12:31:06 From Josh Jones to Everyone: B and D have monthly costs so you will need to enroll in those individually or opt into part C/Advantage and enroll that way 12:31:41 From Stephaney Cortes Alvarado to Host and Panelists: yes- I am an esl coordinator and I find that this is one of the biggest things my learners struggle with. 12:32:03 From Julie Edwards to Stephaney Cortes Alvarado, Host and Panelists: I believe it! It’s a huge, complex subject!! 12:32:08 From Regina Kelly to Host and Panelists: Regina Kelly Hastings on Hudson Reference Librarian 12:32:45 From Diane Krall to Everyone: Don't forget hearing and vision issues for some older folks. They present real barriers. 12:32:53 From Regina Kelly to Host and Panelists: I too would like slides & presentation transcript. My Zoom connection is not good. ;( 12:33:54 From Julie Edwards to Regina Kelly, Host and Panelists: Hi Regina - I’ll be sending out the slides, recording, and chat transcript! Please email if you’d like the audio transcript! julie@nicheacademy.com 12:35:07 From Maria Polymenakos to Everyone: My library partners with our county's PA MEDI Medicare program (our SHIP) to provide individual, objective, free Medicare counseling appointments for residents. It's a great service; the counselor assigned to my library saves Medicare beneficiaries a lot of money by helping them to select the best plans. 12:37:37 From KIMBERLÉ FIELDS to Everyone: that's great Maria! I will def look into the SHIP in Maryland. 12:38:36 From Andrea Jensen to Everyone: medlineplus is the best site for consumer health. 12:38:39 From Andrea Jensen to Everyone: no ads 12:38:43 From Andrea Jensen to Everyone: government run 12:38:58 From Andrea Jensen to Everyone: by NIH 12:39:55 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: And I will be sending the slides and recording in a few days! 12:39:55 From Amelia Miller to Host and Panelists: I've had a real problem getting info on how Medicare and Tricare for Life work together 12:40:08 From David Dennie to Everyone: You cannot get "Medicare & You" unless you are *already* enrolled in Medicare - I've tried. It's a Catch-22. 12:40:21 From Adrianne Price to Host and Panelists: Is there special help for seniors who are illiterate? Or have some diminished capacity? My library has a lot of older homeless people 12:41:01 From Jennifer Demas to Everyone: You can't get the printed copy, but you can get the PDF online chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.medicare.gov/publications/10050-LE-medicare-and-you.pdf 12:41:02 From Brooke Ward to Everyone: Is this not it, David? https://www.medicare.gov/forms-help-resources/medicare-you-handbook/download-medicare-you-in-different-formats 12:41:12 From Josh Jones to Everyone: you can get Medicare & You from your state's SHIP 12:41:23 From Josh Jones to Everyone: my library has a couple copies 12:41:52 From David Dennie to Everyone: Yes, I was talking about the printed version, but that's what I wanted. 12:41:59 From Heath McCartin to Everyone: @Brooke - the first link is Jennifer's link. 12:43:07 From Melissa Stevenson to Everyone: Is there a service in SC to help with Medicare decisions like the ones in other states? 12:43:51 From Heath McCartin to Everyone: Is 'Just Plain Clear' a 'safe' site? Microsoft Edge flags it as not secure. 12:44:25 From KIMBERLÉ FIELDS to Everyone: https://justplainclear.com/en 12:44:33 From Josh Jones to Everyone: (I-CARE) Insurance Counseling Assistance and Referrals for Elders See contact details SHIP -- State Health Insurance Assistance Program South Carolina 12:44:42 From KIMBERLÉ FIELDS to Everyone: our firewall did not stop it. 12:44:47 From Josh Jones to Everyone: https://www.cms.gov/contacts 12:44:52 From Paula La Frenierre to Everyone: We order our Medicare & You every year here: https://productordering.cms.hhs.gov/pow/?id=pow_login 12:45:49 From Judith Gnirrep to Everyone: Anything on Virtual Medicine specifically 12:46:26 From Melissa Stevenson to Everyone: Thanks Josh Jones for the info on where to find the help for SC folks 12:46:35 From Adrianne Price to Host and Panelists: Would definitely like a link to this webinar once it's recorded. We could really use the info! 12:47:00 From Josh Jones to Everyone: SHIP programs are where it's at. Unbiased, paid by the feds and not an insurance company 12:47:23 From Josh Jones to Everyone: I used to work for Ohio's SHIP program, OSHIIP, but now I am just a volunteer 12:48:49 From KIMBERLÉ FIELDS to Everyone: SHIP! https://www.shiphelp.org/ 12:49:43 From Jennifer Smith to Everyone: Thank you! 12:49:47 From Melissa Stevenson to Everyone: and thanks for being a volunteer! 12:49:53 From Debbie Sweeney to Everyone: Thank you! 12:49:54 From Kate DeLaPointe to Everyone: Marvelous, useful information throughout this presentation, and from participants too! Thank you all so very much. 😊 12:49:57 From Brooke Ward to Everyone: Thanks! As a librarian AND gerontologist I love presentations like this! 12:50:07 From Beatrice Rivera to Everyone: Thank you very informative! 12:50:07 From Dr. Monica Hodge to Everyone: Thank you so very much for a very informative and wonderful presentation!! 12:50:07 From Lois Shupp to Everyone: Thank you!! 12:50:08 From Deborah Leary to Everyone: thank you this was a great help. 12:50:10 From Rachel Friedman to Everyone: thanks! 12:50:10 From Linette Fields to Everyone: Thank You! 12:50:12 From Michele-KENT to Everyone: Thank you. Wonderful presentation. 12:50:13 From Laurie Ollhoff to Everyone: This is great! Thank you! 12:50:13 From Andrea Anzalone to Everyone: Thank you so much! Very useful! 12:50:14 From Judith Gnirrep to Everyone: Thank you! 12:50:15 From Rosanne Couston to Everyone: This has been a goldmine of information, Emily. Arizona has a large population of snowbirds, seniors, retirees. 12:50:20 From Katrina Lowery to Everyone: This was great! So helpful. Thank you! 12:50:20 From Patricia Moore to Host and Panelists: EXCELLENT presentation. thank you. 12:50:22 From Stephanie Comer to Everyone: This was great! Thank you! 12:50:24 From David Dennie to Everyone: Thanks! 12:50:25 From Natalie Meza to Everyone: Thank you. This is very useful, I assist older adults from time to time with finding these resources so this is a big help. 12:50:27 From Kathy Paddock to Everyone: Thank you! 12:50:33 From Shari Merrill to Everyone: This was very helpful. Thank you! 12:50:35 From Raymonda Derrell to Everyone: Thank you! 12:50:37 From Adrianne Price to Host and Panelists: Thanks so much! This will be so helpful! 12:50:38 From Whitney Berriman to Everyone: Terrific presentation! Thank you! 12:50:38 From Ben Trotter to Everyone: Thank you! Extremely helpful! 12:50:39 From Gail Littleton to Everyone: Thank you! 12:50:40 From Mackenzie Pollock to Everyone: Thank you! 12:50:40 From Chenda Yong to Host and Panelists: Thank you. I found CA SHIP website: https://www.aging.ca.gov/ 12:50:40 From Hali Taylor to Everyone: Thank you! Great information. 12:50:41 From Mary Rudrow to Everyone: Thank you, very helpful 12:50:42 From adedokuc to Everyone: Thank you. 12:50:45 From Tammi Devine to Everyone: Really useful information. Thank you. 12:50:56 From Melissa Stevenson to Everyone: thanks! 12:50:58 From Lois J. Crump to Host and Panelists: Thank you 12:50:58 From Nancy Southworth to Everyone: Thank you! This was very informative. 12:51:02 From Pete Fox to Everyone: Thank for sharing the info and the slides! 12:51:03 From Jill Rauh to Host and Panelists: Thank you! 12:51:04 From Nurudeen Yusuff to Everyone: Thank you. 12:51:05 From Phillis Filer to Everyone: Thanks You! This was very helpful as a librarian and someone desiring to know as much as possible about Medicare. 12:51:05 From Marilyn Smith to Everyone: Thank you for this information! 12:51:07 From Jessi McCarthy to Host and Panelists: Thank you! :) 12:51:09 From Jayanne Rumple to Everyone: Thank you - excellent presentation - sad that all of this is all so complex! 12:51:13 From Karen Chroussis to Everyone: Thank you, this was great help. 12:51:15 From Barbara Alonso to Everyone: Thank you for all the great resources 12:51:16 From Josh Jones to Everyone: forget algebra for a minute because C = A + B +D 12:51:36 From Mina Abdollahian to Everyone: Thank you so much, very good information. looking forward to the recording. 12:51:53 From Josh Jones to Everyone: some have some vision and dental, other smaller things like silver sneakers 12:52:07 From Brooke Ward to Everyone: Here's AARP's page on medigap vs. medicare advantage: https://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-qa-tool/medigap-vs-advantage/ 12:52:15 From Vickie Fritzges to Host and Panelists: Thank you! 12:52:28 From Mina Abdollahian to Everyone: Is it possible to share the recording with my coworkers? 12:52:42 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: The recording will be on the blog so you are welcome to share it! 12:52:49 From David Dennie to Everyone: To be clear: "Medigap" programs are *supplements* to the federal govt. Medicare program. "Medicare Advantage" is *entirely* private, for-profit insurance. 12:52:49 From Diane Krall to Everyone: Will the recording/slide deck include the chat? there is a lot of good information exchanged there. 12:53:34 From Josh Jones to Everyone: not a lot has changed with the nuts and bolts of Medicare in that time 12:53:36 From Marsi O'Malley-Riley to Everyone: 4th edition in 2021 12:53:44 From Rosanne Couston to Everyone: Yes, we have 2021 version 12:53:52 From adedokuc to Everyone: Could you suggest some other books for my library 12:53:53 From Andrea Anzalone to Everyone: My understanding is that you need to purchase MediGap at the time you enroll in Medicare or else MediGap insurance will be very expensive or you can be denied outright if you try to enroll later. 12:54:02 From Laurie Ollhoff to Everyone: Thank you. 12:54:04 From Josh Jones to Everyone: last bigger change was with the Affordable Care Act, if I remember correctly 12:54:06 From Stephanie Molnar to Host and Panelists: CHIS certification 12:54:12 From Stephanie Molnar to Host and Panelists: through NNLM 12:54:19 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: CHIS 12:54:30 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: Consumer Health Information Specialization 12:54:34 From Stephanie Molnar to Host and Panelists: You can also get it for free, if you apply through the site 12:54:51 From Josh Jones to Everyone: if you want a supplement, get it during your initial enrollment period (7 months) because they cannot ask medical questions and your price will be based on your age 12:54:54 From Julie Edwards to Everyone: https://www.nnlm.gov/guides/consumer-health-information-specialization 12:54:57 From Anne Osborne to Everyone: It is well worth investing time to get your CHIS 12:55:09 From Andrea Jensen to Everyone: https://www.nnlm.gov/guides/consumer-health-information-specialization 12:55:18 From Anne Osborne to Everyone: I have mine and yes NNLM sponsored my initial certification 12:55:28 From Josh Jones to Everyone: my CHIS was sponsored 12:55:45 From Joia Ellis-Dinkins to Everyone: I am CHIS certified also 12:55:53 From Megan Anderson to Everyone: Mine was sponsored. It was easy to do. 12:56:15 From Barbara Alonso to Everyone: I also have CHIS Excellent classes 12:56:17 From Desert Mulford to Everyone: I got my CHIS through Professor Vardell's class! 12:56:28 From Dr. Monica Hodge to Everyone: I also am an occupational therapist and my other area of study is in health studies. So these added certifications would be great to have too! 12:56:37 From Teresa Horton to Everyone: Working on my CHIS certification. 12:56:41 From David Dennie to Everyone: Andrea Anzalone: I believe what you said is true, but specifically with Medicare Part *B* (not Part A - you don't have to choose Medigap plan when you enroll in Part A, as I understand it). 12:57:24 From Brooke Ward to Everyone: https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/mental-health-care-outpatient for Mental Health 12:57:36 From Josh Jones to Everyone: Advantage plans are networked so if you regularly travel, you need to factor that into your Advantage plan choice 12:58:02 From Josh Jones to Everyone: AB+supplement is acceptable anywhere that accepts Medicare 12:58:21 From Brooke Ward to Everyone: Follow-up: mental health is covered in part B 12:58:38 From Theresa Baga to Everyone: There is a question under Q&A and I would like to know the answer as well. 12:58:55 From Monica Johnson to Everyone: Monica Johnson, Great information on today. 12:58:57 From Karin T Haynie to Everyone: Thank you Emily and others for steering me toward the CHIS certification. I am a retiring nurse who has become a librarian and want to combine my skills as a librarian. 12:59:01 From Paul Fehrmann to Everyone: *Really great session ! Will be sharing with my wife asap 😎 12:59:11 From Paul Fehrmann to Everyone: ✌️ 12:59:26 From Natalie Meza to Everyone: Thank you! 13:00:22 From Brooke Ward to Everyone: Another Medicare booklet on Mental Health: https://www.medicare.gov/Pubs/pdf/10184-Medicare-and-Your-Mental-Health-Benefits.pdf I thought there were some benefits under part A. I had a class on Aging and Mental Health disorders last semester. I'm trying to retrieve that info from my breain! 13:00:27 From Andrea Shumsky to Everyone: Thanks! 13:00:29 From Joseph Octaviano to Everyone: Thank You Emily! 13:00:37 From Joia Ellis-Dinkins to Everyone: Thank you 13:00:41 From Paula McGraw to Host and Panelists: Thank you! 13:00:42 From Vania Arevalo to Everyone: Thank yo 13:00:42 From Nicole Cloutier, PPL (she/her) to Everyone: Thank you! 13:00:47 From Carol Anne DeLuca to Host and Panelists: terrific seminar. thankyou!!! 13:00:47 From Vania Arevalo to Everyone: Thank you 13:00:48 From Amelia Miller to Host and Panelists: Thank you 13:00:50 From Jane Blue to Everyone: Thank you Emily, great information! 13:00:50 From Aileen Díaz Rivera to Everyone: Thank you! 13:00:53 From Letitia to Everyone: Thank you! 13:00:54 From Josh Jones to Everyone: clap emoji 13:00:55 From Christi Morgan to Everyone: Thank you! 13:00:55 From Cheryl Berg to Everyone: Thank you! Really great info! 13:01:00 From Elizabeth Fritz to Host and Panelists: Thank you! Great information! 13:01:01 From Paul Fehrmann to Everyone: Very cool…..👍 13:01:02 From Heather Stangle to Everyone: Thank you! 13:01:03 From Laura Gangstad to Everyone: Thank You! 13:01:03 From Marlen.Ortiz to Everyone: thanks 13:01:04 From Annette DeFuso to Everyone: Thank you 13:01:07 From Flor Benasayag to Everyone: Thank you.