This innovative new website developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services helps you understand all the health insurance options available in your local area for you and your family.After answering just a few basic questions, the website's insurance finder will identify public and private coverage options that might be right for you. Visit www.HealthCare.gov for more information.

Are you a senior or a person with a disability who needs help paying for your medicine? The Senior Rx and Disability Rx programs offer prescription subsidies to qualified individuals. Click here for more information.

Do you rent or pay property taxes? The State of Nevada wants you to know about an ongoing rebate program. Find out morre....

The Department of Health & Human Services and the Aging and Disabilities Services Division announces Free Legal Assistance is Available to Nevada Senior Citizens Seniors, age 60 and older can dial 1-877-693-2163 (toll free) to be provided assistance with almost any legal problem, including housing, consumer issues, health care, public benefits, estate planning, wills, guardianships, and other matters that are not criminal in nature.

The service, funded through a grant received by DAS from the United States Administration on Aging, is staffed by attorneys and paralegals from Nevada Legal Services and the Washoe County Senior Law Project.

Find out about the new 2-1-1 number that connect callers to free information about critical health and human services available in their community. Click here for more information.

MetLife established MetDESK, MetLife's Division of Estate Planning for Special Kids, in 1998 as a public service for families with children of all ages, from infant to senior, and with all kinds of disabilities.
Through a network of local financial services representatives, MetDESK helps families find the resources within their communities to secure both lifetime care and quality of life for their dependents with special needs.
MetDESK help families address such issues as protecting government benefit eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid and ways in which a special needs trust can provide lifetime care. In addition, MetDESK helps with guardianship issues, advocacy training, and appropriate vehicles to fund a special needs trust. To find out more, all 877/Met-DESK (877-638-3375) or go to www.metlife.com/desk.

The Social Security Administration has released the on-line application for extra help with Medicare prescription drug costs. The application is located at www.socialsecurity.gov

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