Aging and Disability Resources
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Elderly Benefit Specialist Program:
Shelly Matson (608) 637-5397
Vernon County Unit On Aging and Vernon County office of The Aging & Disability Resources Center of Western Wisconsin
- Information, assistance and advocacy for persons age 60 and over
- Also local Coordinator for National SHIP program (State Health Insurance Assistance Program)
- Website: www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/aging/genage/benspecs.htm
Disability Benefit Specialist Program: 1-800-500-3910
- Information and assistance for disabled persons under age 60
- Offered by the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Western Wisconsin serving Vernon, La Crosse, Monroe and Jackson counties
- Website: www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/disabilities/benspecs/program.htm
Wisconsin Medicare Prescription Helpline: 1-866-456-8211
- Resourcess specifically for Wisconsin residents age 60 and older
- Operated from the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups' Elder Law Center
- Website: http://www.cwag.org/legal/prescription-drug/
Disability Drug Benefit Helpline: 1-800-926-4862
- Drug Helpline for Wisconsin Medicare beneficiaries under age 60 offered by Disability Rights Wisconsin
- Website: www.disabilityrightswi.org
Wisconsin Medigap Helpline: 1-800-242-1060
- Counselors to help evaluate your options for Medicare supplements and long-term insurance
- Offered by the State of Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long Term Care
- Website: www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/aging/BOALTC/MEDIGAP.HTM
Social Security Administration: 1-800-Medicare (1-800-772-1213
- Assistance with "Extra Help"/Low Income Subsidy application for help in paying Part D Costs
- On-line "Extra Help"/Low Income Subsidy Application
- Website: www.ssa.gov
Medicare: 1-800-Medicare (1-800-633-4227)
- General questions about Medicare Part D
- Online comparison tool for Part D and advantage plans available in October
- Website: www.medicare.gov
Centers for Medicare and medicaid Services (CMS): 1-877-267-2323
- General resource for Medicare Part D information
- Good resource for consumers, professionals and medical providers
- Website: www.cms.hhs.gov
Wisconsin SeniorCare Prescription Program: 1-800-657-2038
- Prescription assistance program for persons over 65 of all incomes
- Website: www.dhfs.wisconsin.gov/seniorcare/index.htm
Coalition Of Wisconsin Aging Groups: 1-800-488-2596
- Senior Medicare Patrol (Medicare error, fraud, waste and abuse)
- Wisconsin Guardianship Center
- Elder Financial Exploitation Project (elder victims of financial abuse)