Insurance & Benefits
Counseling is available through the APPRISE program to answer questions about insurance and benefits and to help select the provider programs that best meet the individual’s needs. Click on the links below for information about these topics (some are links to other websites):
Social Security
Medicare
APPRISE
Medicaid
PACE & PACENET
For information on food stamps, see: Food & Nutrition (a shortcut to another area within this site)
Additional resources:
Benephilly: Benefits Data Trust
The BenePhilly Enrollment Center is a one-stop for older Philadelphians to receive assistance with applications for a range of federal and state benefits, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, also known as Food Stamps), PACE/PACENET, Property Tax & Rent Rebate (PTRR) and Medicare Extra Help.
Call (free): 1-800-236-2194 (Monday -Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm)
Two Logan Square, Suite 550
Philadelphia, PA 19103
http://www.bdtrust.org/
Benefits Check Up
Determine your benefits eligibility.
http://www.benefitscheckup.org
GovBenefits.gov
Senior citizen information resource with access
to 1,000 benefit and assistance programs,
funded by the Federal government.
http://www.govBenefits.gov