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CMS Has Set up a Webpage with information for Medicare beneficiaries related to the Coronavirus.
From the website: Medicare covers related needs Medicare covers the lab tests for COVID-19. You pay no out-of-pocket costs. Medicare covers all medically necessary hospitalizations. This includes if you're diagnosed with COVID-19 and might otherwise have been...
What do Older Adults and People with Disabilities Need to Know?
Source: https://acl.gov/COVID-19 Early data suggest older people are twice as likely to have serious COVID-19 illness. This may be because immune systems change with age, making it harder to fight off diseases and infection. Older adults also are more likely to...
StateWide E-News: New Law allows tax refund donation to senior meals.
If you haven't filed your NYS Income tax return yet and are expecting a refund, for the first time you have a chance to make a donation from your expected refund to "Meals on Wheels for Seniors." A new law enacted in 2019 now adds the NYS Office for Aging Wellness in...
StateWide is Celebrating National Consumer Protection Week!
NY StateWide Senior Action Council is celebrating National Consumer Protection Week (March 1 - 7). Visit consumer.ftc.gov and our Senior Medicare Page for information on how to protect yourself from the latest scams!