Welcome to Demystifying Medicare Online!

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Accessing the workshop from home . . .

Scroll down for audio chapters you can listen to at your own pace, pause, and rewind.
Significant audio updates are performed in the weeks just before each new year. I’ve just started to do these, so look at the dates in the audio clips!!!

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For individual Medicare counseling, call us at the number below or speak to a counselor at a local library.

HELPLINE:  (914) 813-6100

You can also contact us by email at SBICmedia@gmail.com.

Counselors are HIICAP-certified and work in partnership with WLS and Westchester County’s Department of Senior Programs and Services.

Meet Julie Woodward, presenter

Click on the video below to see how this webpage works. (The library will tweak this when they have time, but this version is close enough.)

Live workshops being scheduled for 2025

Register at one of the libraries or community centers listed below by calling (914) 231-3236. Please leave your name, telephone number and the event you’d like to attend. You will not be called back unless the date or time has been changed.

Step 1: Download and print

You will need these two handouts:

Medigap info and NYS planfinder
(these prices match the audio; use the link on p.2 for current prices)

Planfinder (Medicare Advantage, Part D)

These handouts may be helpful, but they will not be used in the audio:

Pandora’s leftovers

Useful telephone numbers

Additional resources can be found below the audio chapters.

Step 2: Please make sure to click the green button below

It opens a .pdf of the all the displays used in the live presentation

Click to open the Demystifying Medicare slides

Chapter 4: The Planfinders

Partly updated audio

Medigaps section to be updated after Jan. 1

Important handouts:

Medigap info and NYS planfinder

(these prices match the audio; use the link on p.2 for current prices)

Connecticut Medigaps Planfinder

Planfinder (Medicare Advantage, Part D)

(slightly different from the audio but good enough)

Chapter 4 audio download (partly rev. Dec. 9, 2024)

Upcoming Presentations:

The workshops are given in two main series each year, Fall (during Open Enrollment) and Spring. Please check for newly added events, schedule changes, or cancellations. Walk-ins welcome, but pre-registration requested in case of emergency.

Spring series 2025

[being built . . . please check back for the spring series events]

RYE – Saturday, April 26th, 10:15 am – 1:15 pm
Rye Free Reading Room
1061 Boston Post Rd, Rye, NY 10580
Pre-registration requested at the library’s Events calendar or (914) 231-3161

WHITE PLAINS – Sunday, May 4th, 1:15 – 4:30 pm
White Plains Public Library, 2nd floor
100 Martine Ave., White Plains, NY 10601
Pre-registration requested at: (914) 231-3236 or on the library’s Events calendar

CROTON – Saturday, May 10th, 1:15 – 4:30 pm
Croton Free Library
171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520
Pre-registration requested at: (914) 271-6612 or on the library’s Events calendar


Some of the completed events

MOUNT KISCO
Mount Kisco Public Library
100 East Main St., Mount Kisco, NY 10549

DOBBS FERRY
Dobbs Ferry Public Library
55 Main St., Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522

VALHALLA
Mount Pleasant Community Center
125 Lozza Drive, Valhalla, NY 10595

OSSINING
Ossining Public Library, 2nd-floor conference room
53 Croton Ave., Ossining, NY 10562

SOMERS
Somers Library
82 Primrose St, Katonah, NY 10536

YORKTOWN
Albert A. Capellini Community & Cultural Center
1974 Commerce St., Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

ARMONK
North Castle Public Library
19 Whippoorwill Road East, Armonk, NY 10504

TARRYTOWN
Warner Library
121 Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591

GREENBURGH
Greenburgh Public Library
300 Tarrytown Rd, Elmsford, NY 10523

SOUTH SALEM
Lewisboro Library
15 Main St., South Salem, NY 10590

BRONXVILLE
Bronxville Public Library
201 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville, NY 10708

SCARSDALE
Scarsdale Public Library
54 Olmsted Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583

KATONAH 
Katonah Village Library
26 Bedford Road, Katonah, NY 10536

HARRISON
Harrison Public Library, Halperin Building
2 Bruce Ave., Harrison, NY 10528

ARDSLEY
Town of Greenburgh Multipurpose Center
11 Olympic Lane, Ardsley, NY 10502

YONKERS
Grinton I. Will Library (Flynn Room)
1500 Central Park Ave., Yonkers, NY 10710

PLEASANTVILLE
Mount Pleasant Public Library
350 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570

BRIARCLIFF MANOR
One Library Road
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510

PELHAM
Town of Pelham Public Library
530 Colonial Ave., Pelham, NY 10803

SOUTH SALEM
Lewisboro Library
15 Main St., South Salem, NY 10590

SHRUB OAK
John C. Hart Library
1130 East Main St., Shrub Oak, NY 10588

MONTROSE
Hendrick Hudson Free Library
185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose, NY 10548

MOUNT VERNON
Mount Vernon Public Library
28 South First Ave., Mount Vernon, NY 10550