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On April 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will send out the following email about SHIPs to approximately 8 million Medicare beneficiary email subscribers nationwide. As a result, you may see an increase in consumer contacts.
SUBJECT: Have a question about Medicare? Your SHIP can help.
Find your SHIP
You may have heard about SHIPs — State Health Insurance Assistance Programs. SHIPs offer local, personalized counseling and assistance to people with Medicare and their caregivers.
Your SHIP can help you with your Medicare questions, including your eligibility, enrollment, benefits, premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance.
[Find Your SHIP]
Did you know that each state may call its SHIP by a different name — such as HICAP in California, or APPRISE in Pennsylvania? Visit Medicare.gov to find out what SHIP is called in your state, and get specific contact information.
Sincerely,
The Medicare Team
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