Life Event Services

The Social Security Administration answers many Social Security and Medicare questions: www.ssa.gov

Uncle Sam Access America for Seniors pulls together information on all government programs related to older Americans: www.seniors.gov

AARP’s site touches on almost any topic of particular interest to people 50+, from legal to social to personal: www.aarp.org

Medicare has a recorded information line which addresses general questions, but you can also talk to a real person: www.medicare.gov

Medicare Rights Center is an independent source of healthcare information with a free e-newsletter (subscribe on the Web); www.medicarerights.org. A telephone hotline is available through the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) in your state: http://www.medicare.gov/contacts/static/allStateContacts.asp

The Kaiser Family Foundation site has, among other retiree information, up-to-date information about Medicare and the drug benefit: www.kff.org

Saving for College site has information regarding objective information about Section 529 college savings plans and other ways to save and pay for college: www.savingforcollege.com
Genworth Financial is a leader in the LTC industry and has created a powerful website resource that covers many of the major questions. They have also created a report that details the costs of providing long term care.

Genworth Financial 2006 Cost of Care Survey
To access this information, please click here

Additional Tax Information can be found on the Internal Revenue Service

The State Health Insurance Assistance Program, or SHIP, is a national program that offers one-on-one counseling and assistance to people with Medicare and their families. www.shiptalk.org

National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of National Institutes of Health (NIH), leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs website assists Veterans with the benefits and services for which they qualify. http://www.va.gov