Other Medicare Resources
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A Guide to Medicare's Preventative Services
Medicare pays for many preventive services to keep you healthy. One way to stay healthy is to live a healthy lifestyle. You can live a healthy lifestyle and prevent disease by exercising, eating well, keeping a healthy weight, and not smoking. Medicare can help. This link is for the PDF guide to these services.
https://www.medicare.gov/publications/10110-Your-Guide-to-Medicare-Preventive-Services.pdf
Medicare Question and Answer Tool
Medicare does not have to be complex. AARP's Medicare Question and Answer Tool can offer practical and comprehensive information about how the Medicare program works and when to enroll.
http://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-qa-tool/?intcmp=HP-LN-SSMEDI-MEDIQA
Medicare Eligibility Tool
Get an estimage of when you're eligible for medicare.
https://www.medicare.gov/eligibilitypremiumcalc
State Health and Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
The Montana State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) is a free health-benefits counseling and advocacy service for Medicare beneficiaries and their families or caregivers. Their mission is to educate, advocate for, counsel and empower people to make informed benefit decisions.
https://dphhs.mt.gov/SLTC/aging/SHIP
Find a Nursing Home (Nursing Home Compare)
The primary purpose of the Nursing Home Compare tool is to provide detailed information about the past performance, including quality, staffing and inspection information, for every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country.
Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Care
Information from Medicare.gov about Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) care that Medicare covers and provides.
http://www.medicare.gov/coverage/skilled-nursing-facility-care.html
Medicare Part D Guide
Medicare Part D provides insurance to help you pay for prescription drugs. Here is more information about that program and the premiums, and expenses that come with it.
http://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/medicare_partD_guide/
Medicare - Hoja De Datos (En Espanol)
¿Qué es Medicare? Medicare es un programa federal de seguro médico que le ayuda a pagar sus gastos médicos.