A representative from the Social Security Administration Office in Quincy is available in the Macomb City Hall Community Room, on the 2nd Wednesday of every other month from 9:30 am. until 12:00 noon. Call City Hall at 309-837-7797 to check the dates.

Senior Health Insurance Program (S.H.I.P)
YMCA Senior Center, 400 E. Calhoun St. Macomb, IL 61455
309-837-5733 or 800-837-5733

Selected staff and volunteers are trained to assist with Medicare issues. These include problems with Medicare billing, evaluating Medicare supplemental insurance offerings and Part D Prescription Drug programs.

Medicare Where to Find More Information
1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)
http://go.usa.gov/3GG

Part A Hospitalization
Part B Outpatients Services (Drs. Visits)
Part C Advantage Plans, HMOs, PPOs, etc.
Part D Prescription Drug Benefit

Medicare Part D Coverage Gap or “Doughnut Hole”
Starting January 1, 2011 when your insurance has paid $2,700 worth of prescription drugs your coverage stops. You have reached the coverage gap until “Catastrophic Coverage” starts at $4,550. During the time each year that you may be in the “doughnut hole,” you will now have 50% discount on covered brand-named drugs and of the price of generic drugs when you buy them at the pharmacy or order them by mail. The amount you pay will count toward getting you out of the “doughnut hole”.