July 18, 2018
Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) is joining with the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans and Caring Across Generations to sponsor a Legislative Candidate Forum focusing on issues affecting seniors in Champaign County.
The Forum will be held on Thursday, July 26 at 6 p.m. at the Urbana Civic Center.
For more information and to RSVP.
June 28, 2018
Dear friend,
Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) is wrapping up our Fiscal Year 2017-2018, and we are asking you to help us finish on a strong financial footing as we go into our next Fiscal Year, which begins on July 1, 2018.
We serve everyone in our community, from Medicare beneficiaries, to families with children, to individuals incarcerated in our County Jails.
Please consider making an end-of-fiscal-year contribution to support our work.
June 14, 2018
CCHCC is launching our Medicare Education, Enrollment, and Advocacy Project, and we hope you will help support this effort.
Medicare is complicated. There are many parts, and there are many options for additional coverage. And there are more expenses that go with Medicare than most people realize.
Many people who are turning 65 and signing up for Medicare Parts A and B are surprised to learn that Part A has a hospital deductible, and Part B has a monthly premium. For too many individuals, facing the monthly Premium of Part B at the very same time that they are going on to the fixed income of their Social Security retirement benefits, the cost of Part B is just too much and some elect to forego Part B coverage. And without Part B coverage, they cannot get Part D prescription drug coverage.
Medicare is complicated, but CCHCC’s knowledgeable and experienced Community Health Workers are here to help our community members navigate the Medicare system!
June 12, 2018
If you got enrolled into a Health Choice Illinois plan (a Medicaid Managed Care plan) on April 1, 2018, you need to make sure you that you are on the right plan for you!
Too many community members have been “auto assigned” to plans that do not include their health care providers, or do not cover the prescription medications they need, and the time to change plans is running out (June 30, 2018 is the last chance to change!).
Make sure the plan you are on is right for you!
To make sure that your plan is right for you, check with your health care providers to make sure they are “in-network” for that plan (see further below to learn about what plans each major health care provider is accepting).
