Hello senior members of our California community! Thanks for reading the Vitality Blog! Very shortly – effective June 1, 2010 – changes will occur in the Medigap plans you’ll be seeing out in the marketplace. It is very important to us that our senior readers understand that although changes are taking place, if you have a Medigap plan currently, you can keep that plan. Again: If you already have a plan you can keep that plan. No action is required on your part.

You can read about the changes you’ll be seeing in the Medigap insurance marketplace in this Guide to Health Insurance for People with Medicare put together by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. We also want to make note here too that if you have any questions, please reach out to the insurance Medicare supplemental professionals at Vitality or the California Department of Aging’s Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) at a state level or find a local HICAP office in your community if you have questions or concerns about Medicare coverage.

We are huge fans of the members of the senior community here in California and as we endeavor to do at all times with the Vitality Blog, we are always on the lookout for outstanding online resources readers (Of all ages!) can use to maintain or improve their quality of life. The BenefitsCheckUp website developed and maintained by the National Council on Aging is an outstanding resource that can help seniors find and gain access to all the benefits they deserve!

Seniors: Rely on the Vitality California health Insurance team to provide you with trusted resources you can use online to stay current on trends that affect you and to help make you aware of resources available to California state seniors!