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ALABAMA  
    •  State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIPs) -  1-800-243-5463
ALASKA
    •    Medicare Information Office -  1-800-478-6065   
    •    TTY: 1-800-770-8973
  ARIZONA
    •  Arizon State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-800-432-4040
ARKANSAS
    •  Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP)
    • 1-800-224-6330
CALIFORNIA
    • California health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP)
    • 1-800-434-0222
COLORADO
    • State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-888-696-7213
CONNECTICUT
    • Connecticut's Program for Health Insurance Assistance, Outreach, Information & Referral, Counseling, Eligibility Screening (CHOICES)
    • 1-800-9944-9422
           DELAWARE
    • Delaware Medicare Assistance Bureau
    • 1-800-336-9500
           FLORIDA
    • Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders (SHINE)
    • 1-800-963-5337
    • TTY: 1-800-955-8770
           GEORGIA
    • GeorgiaCares SHIP
    • 1-866-552-4464
            GUAM
    • Guam Medicare Assistance Program (GUAM MAP)
    • 1-671-735-7415
             HAWAII
    • Hawaii SHIP
    • 1-888-875-9229
    • TTY: 1-866-810-4379
             IDAHO
    • Senior Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA)
    • 1-800-247-4422
            ILLINOIS
    • Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-800-252-8966
    • TTY 1-888-206-1327
            INDIANA
    • State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)\
    • 1-800-452-4800
    • TTY: 1-866-846-0139
            IOWA
    • Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIP)
    • 1-800-351-4664
    • TTY: 1-800-735-2942
            KANSAS
    • Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas (SHICK)
    • 1-800-860-5260
            KENTUCKY
    • State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-877-293-7447
            LOUISIANA
    • Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIP)
    • 1-800-259-5300
            MAINE
    • Maine  State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-800-262-2232
            MARYLAND
    • State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-800-243-3425
            MASSACHUCETTS
    • Serving Health Insurance Needs of Everyone (SHINE)
    • 1-800-243-4636
    • TTY: 1-877-610-0241
            MICHIGAN
    • MMAP, Inc.
    • 1-800-803-7174
            MINNESOTA
    • Minnesota State Health Insurance Assistance Program/ Senior LinkAge Line
    • 1-800-333-2433
            MISSISSIPPI
    • MS State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 844-822-4622
            MISSOURI
    • CLAIM
    • 1-800-390-3330
             MONTANA
    • Montana State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-800-551-3191
             NEBRASKA
    • Nebraska Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP)
    • 1-800-234-7119
              NEVADA
    • State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) 
    • 1-800-307-4444
              NEW HAMPSHIRE
    • NH SHIP - Service Link Resource Center
    • 1-866-634-9412
              NEW JERSEY
    • State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-800-792-8820
               NEW MEXICO
    • New Mexico ADRC/SHIP
    • 1-800-432-2080
                NEW YORK
    • Health Insurance Information Counseling Program (HIICAP)
    • 1-800-701-0501
                NORTH CAROLINA
    • Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP
    • 1-855-408-1212
                NORTH DAKOTA
    • State Health Insurance Counseling (SHIC)
    • 1-888-575-6611
    • TTY: 1-800-366-6888
               OHIO
    • Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program (OSHIIP)
    • 1-800-686-1578
               OKLAHOMA
    • Oklahoma Medicare Assistance Program (MAP)
    • 1-800-686-1578
                OREGON
    • Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA)I1-800-722-4134
                PENNSYLVANIA
    • APPRISE
    • 1-800-783-7067
                PUERTO RICO
    • State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-877-725-4300
    • TTY: 1-878-919-7291
                RHODE ISLAND
    • Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-888-884-8721
                SOUTH CAROLINA
    • Insurance Counseling Assistance and Referrals for Elders (I-CARE)
    • 1-800-868-9095
               SOUTH DAKOTA
    • Senior Health Information & Insurance Education (SHINE)
    • 1-800-536-8197
                TENNESSEE
    • TN SHIP
    • 1-877-801-0044
    • TTY: 1-800-848-0299
               TEXAS
    • Health Information Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP)
    • 1-800-252-9240
               UTAH
    • Senior Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-800-541-7735
               VERMONT
    • State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-800-642-5119
               VIRGIN ISLANDS
    • Virgin Islands State Health Insurance Assistance Program (VISHIP)
    • 1-340-772-738 St. Croix area;
    • 1-340-714-4354 St. Thomas area
               VIRGINIA
    • Virginia Institute Counseling and Assistance Program (VICAP)
    • 1-800-552-3402
               WASHINGTON
    • Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA)W
    • 1-800-562-6900
    • TTY: 1-360-586-0241
                WASHINGTON D.C.
    • Health Insurance Counseling Project (HICP)
    • 1-202-727-8370
                WEST VIRGINIA
    • West Virginia State Health Insurance Assistance Program (WV SHIP)
    • 1-877-987-4463
                 WINCOSIN
    • Wl State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
    • 1-800-242-1060
                 WYOMING
    • Wyoming State Health Insurance Information Program (WSHIIP)
    • 1-800-856-4398




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