Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP)

Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP), which is a free statewide health insurance counseling service for Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers.

The SHIP Mission is to empower, educate, and assist Medicare-eligible individuals, their families, and caregivers through objective outreach, counseling, and training to make informed health insurance decisions that optimize access to care and benefits.

SHIP counselors are trained to:

• Educate consumers and answer questions about Medicare, 
• Medicare Supplement, 
• long term care insurance, 
• Medicare HMOs, 
• private fee-for-service and other health insurance;
• Organize and assist in filing Medicare and Medicare Supplement claims; and
• Analyze Medicare Supplement and long term care policies.

To speak with our SHIP Counselor, contact our office at (217) 379-9281.

SHIP Staff

     Lana Sample               

Resources

• East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging - www.eciaaa.org
• Social Security Administration - https://www.ssa.gov/
• Office of Inspector General, Social Security Administration - https://oig.ssa.gov
• Illinois Application for Benefits Eligibility (ABE) - https://abe.illinois.gov/abe/access/

Medicare Resources 

• Medicare Rights Center - https://www.medicarerights.org/
• Medicare.gov - The official site for Medicare - https://www.medicare.gov/
• Illinois Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) - https://www2.illinois.gov/aging/ship/Pages/default.aspx
• Age Options, Make Medicare Work Coalition - http://www.ageoptions.org/services-and-programs_makemedicarework.html
• State Health Insurance Assistance Programs - https://www.shiptacenter.org/