SHIIP volunteer Lou Hoger has answers for all Medicare questions

If you are on Medicare, you might well have questions about your benefits, such as:

I’m turning 65. Who can help me understand Medicare?

My medications have gotten so expensive that I just can’t afford to take them all. Is there help?

Are mammograms covered by Medicare Part B?

What is a Medicare Advantage plan?

Answers to these questions and others can be found by meeting with Lou Hoger, the new Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) volunteer counselor at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry.

Hoger, a retired Lutheran minister from Perry, received extensive training by the State of Iowa Insurance Division in order to qualify as a SHIIP counselor.

To schedule an appointment with SHIIP counselor Hoger, call 515-465-7578.

The SHIIP program was created in 1990 in response to the statewide need for senior health insurance information. SHIIP provides free information and one-on-one assistance with questions and problems related to Medicare benefits, Medicare supplement insurance, Medicare and insurance claims and other related issues.

SHIIP does not recommend any particular private insurance companies, plans or agents. Instead, volunteers like Hoger answer questions and provide impartial information in order to help Iowans on Medicare make well-informed decisions.