Pennsylvania’s APPRISE Program Honored for Medicare Part D Education Efforts
“Our APPRISE volunteers worked tirelessly to provide assistance over the phone, in person and at countless statewide enrollment and information meetings,” said Secretary of Aging Nora Dowd Eisenhower. “This deserving recognition belongs to the dedicated volunteers who patiently worked to help older Pennsylvanians and other Medicare beneficiaries understand this complex new benefit.”
“Out of the hundreds of organizations that we worked with for the rollout of Medicare Part D, the APPRISE program is one of about a dozen organizations in Pennsylvania that we felt provided exceptional service to the commonwealth,” said Joseph E. Mieczkowski, area director for the Social Security Administration. “We very much appreciate the work that they did to serve older Pennsylvanians.”
“APPRISE volunteers are still working to get the message out. Every day, they counsel consumers on their health insurance needs, including Governor Rendell’s innovative PACE Plus Medicare initiative,” said Secretary Dowd Eisenhower. “They will be ready for the next round of calls and questions when the enrollment period for 2007 begins in November.”
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