Toll-Free Patients' Rights/Affordable Medicines HELPLINE 1.800.333.4374

Official sources for information and help

NY StateWide Senior Action Council Medicare Part D / EPIC Project HelpLine
Advocacy, Information, Resources, Counseling
Phone:  800-333-4374   
Website: www.nysenior.org

Medicare Rights Center
Information, Resources, Counseling
Phone:   800-333-4114     
Website: www.medicarerights.org

Health Insurance Information, Counseling & Assistance (HIICAP)
For individual counseling and help at the county level
Phone:  800-701-0501  
Website: http://hiicap.state.ny.us

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
For official information about Medicare
Phone:   800-633-4227 (800-MEDICARE)
Website: www.medicare.gov

EPIC
(Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage)
Phone:   800-332-3742
Website: www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/epic

Social Security Administration
For “Extra Help” Information & Applications 
Phone: 800-772-1213 (800-772-SSA) www.socialsecurity.gov

Links to your Statewide Partners:

NYS Alliance for Retired Americans
Campaign for America's Future - Social Security
Capital Area Coalition for Aged and Disabled
Families USA
JPAC for Older Adults
Long Term Care Community Coalition
Medicare Rights Center
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
NY State Coalition for the Aging
New York Citizens' Committee on Aging, Inc.
Prescription Access Litigation Project