Mature Resources - Government Programs

SOCIAL SECURITY— A Reality Check

One of the most important components of maintaining a positive outlook on life,whatever your age, is to keep up on the truth. Many aspects of our media today flourish on the production of negativity, especially through the representation of half-truths and all-out lies.

How often have you heard a younger person declare that Social Security means nothing to them, because they “won’t ever collect it, anyway.”? Or that Social Security is going broke?

Contacting Social Security and Medicare

Social Security Administration

General Inquiries: http://www.ssa.gov/
Apply online for benefits: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps6z/iRRet/rib
Find a branch near you : https://secure.ssa.gov/apps6z/FOLO/fo001.jsp
Check status application: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps6z/IAPS/applicationStatus
Benefits estimator:http://www.ssa.gov/estimator/
Benefits information: http://www.ssa.gov/pgm/receiving.htm
Forms and publications: http://www.ssa.gov/pgm/formspubs.htm

Medicare

General information:http://www.medicare.gov/
Claims:http://www.medicare.gov/Basics/FAC.asp
Appeals:http://www.medicare.gov/Basics/appealsoverview.asp
Forms:http://www.medicare.gov/MedicareOnlineForms/
Resources and tools: http://www.medicare.gov/default.asp#stool
Eligibility: http://www.medicare.gov/MedicareEligibility/home.asp?version=default&browser=IE%7C8%7CWindows+Vista&language=English

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Senior Citizens Now Receiving Medicare Brochure Explaining New Affordable Care Act

May 27, 2010 – Senior citizens and others covered by Medicare should be receiving within days the new brochure "Medicare and the New Health Law - What it Means for You" in their mailboxes. The mailing from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlines the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The information is available in English or Spanish and online (see links below).