CHOICES counseling session focuses on Medicare benefit options

WEST HARTFORD - Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging is holding a free CHOICES counseling session during Medicare’s Annual Open Enrollment Period. Individuals will meet one on one with a CHOICES counselor to discuss Medicare benefit options.

CHOICES is Connecticut's program for Health insurance assistance, Outreach, Information and referral, Counseling, and Eligibility Screening. CHOICES counselors advise, educate and empower individuals to navigate the increasingly complex Medicare program and help beneficiaries make choices among a vast array of options to best meet their needs.

The session will be held Wednesday, Dec. 5, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New Britain Ave. This event will include counseling in Medicare A, B, C, D; information about traditional Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage Plans; and eligibility screening for Low Income Subsidy and Medicare Savings Programs.

Amina Weiland, CDP, CDCP, resource coordinator and certified CHOICES counselor from Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging, will provide the consults. Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging is sponsoring the session.

Spaces are limited and appointments must be made. To register, call Elmwood Senior Center, 860.561.8180.

Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging, a not for profit member of Hartford HealthCare Senior Services, is a resource and assessment center designed to enhance access to services and information related to attaining optimal quality of life for seniors and their caregivers. For more information about Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging, visit http://hhccenterforhealthyaging.org or call 1.877.424.4641.