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Staying Healthy with No Cost Medicare
Preventative Benefits

An important goal for Medicare is to help people stay healthy by encouraging prevention.  Medicare provides a number of preventive services.  These services are free whether you have traditional Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan, like an HMO.

Some of these services include:

  • Colorectal cancer screening (including colonoscopies)
  • Mammograms
  • Pap tests and pelvic exams
  • Prostate cancer screening
  • Bone mass measurements
  • Cardiovascular screening
  • Flu and pneumonia shots
  • Alcohol misuse screening and counseling
  • Depression screening
  • Obesity screening and counseling

There are very specific rules which state when and how often Medicare will pay for the above services.  For a complete list of free preventive services, go to www.medicare.gov or see a SHINE counselor.

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Trained SHINE (Serving Health Information Needs of Everyone) volunteers can help you!  They offer free, unbiased, confidential counseling on all aspects of health insurance to anyone on Medicare.  Call your senior center and ask for a SHINE appointment.  You can also call 1-800-AGE-INFO (1-800-243-4636), then press or say 3.  Once you get the SHINE answering machine, leave your name and number. A volunteer will call you back.  You can now visit us on the internet at shinema.org

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You can visit us on the web at www.shinema.org. Our site has valuable general information and links to other agencies that can assist you with you insurance needs. We also have a link to our very informative cable TV program Medicare and More.