Online Source for Medicare Information

The AFT has formed a partnership with Medicare Interactive to connect members to an online source of information about healthcare rights, options and benefits. Medicare Interactive (MI) was created by the Medicare Rights Center, a national not-for-profit consumer service organization dedicated to ensuring that older adults and people with disabilities get good, affordable healthcare. This state-of-the art interactive tool offers a Medicare counseling system, including state-specific Medicare information, case examples and frequently asked questions.

Spotlight on Resources

Log on today to learn more about the Medicare Summary Notice and other important insurance paperwork, using Medicare Interactive. You can also find tips on how to exercise your rights, including steps to begin the appeals process if Medicare won’t pay for your care (Original, private or Part D plan).

Visit Medicare.gov to learn about the billing process for Original Medicare and how claims are supposed to be filed—and what to do when they are not.

Check out the fact sheet “Understanding Your Medical Bills” by the American Academy of Family Physicians to learn more about the Explanation of Benefits paperwork that private plans send to their members. Explore the site for more consumer handouts about how private plans work.

Medicare Interactive Counselor
Get more answers using Medicare Interactive, the Medicare Rights Center’s online counseling and assistance tool.
Log on today!

Not Sure If Medicare Will Pay for Care at Home?

Check out MRC’s newest educational web seminar, “Medicare Home Health Care.” In this training, you will learn more about what services Medicare covers, how often and for how long. Register online for access to view this audio-visual presentation available at www.MedicareRights.org.

  AFT Local 943
  15521 South 70th Court
  Orland Park, Illinois 60462
  (708) 633-0943
  (708) 633-0944 (Fax)

  Kathy Setlak, president

  IFT Field Staff