New website tool helps seniors get Medicare Drug Card information online
New website tool helps seniors get Medicare Drug Card information online
PHILADELPHIA, PA., February 3, 2005 -- "Generations on Line", a
national nonprofit Internet literacy program for seniors, announced
a simple new way for seniors to access the new Medicare drug
benefit online.
A new national survey of older Americans (e-health and the Elderly:
How Seniors Use the Internet for Health) by the Kaiser Family
Foundation released last month found that only 2% of all seniors
had gone online to Medicare.gov. Nearly 80% of people over 65 don't
have access to computers or aren't computer literate, according to
the Pew Internet & American Life 2004 study.
To address these issues, Generations on Line has developed a free, simplified interface designed exclusively for novice senior computer users that enables them to use the Medicare site despite their lack of computer experience -- www.golmedicare.org
The new website provides onscreen instructions to help those less familiar with computing to enroll in the new drug card benefits and determine eligibility for a $600 drug credit for low-income seniors. The website -- www.golmedicare.org -- is available free to any senior or caretaker who wishes to use it.
In addition to the new Medicare tutorial, Generations on Line provides a simplified Internet program for seniors in more than 1000 senior centers, public libraries, nursing and retirement homes across the country, providing free simplified email, searching in 36 languages, and an intergenerational cultural exchange about the past.
For more information, go to www.generationsonline.org or call 215 222 6400. For more help on Medicare, call 1 800medicare or www.medicare.gov
Source: Generations on Line www.generationsonline.org
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