Accessing the workshop from home . . .
Scroll down for audio chapters you can listen to at your own pace, pause, and rewind.
Audio updates for 2025 are now completed (except for the section on Medigaps in Chapter 4, which will be done with January premiums after New Year’s Day)
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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 in April and May 2025 – scroll down
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:
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
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Game
Important handouts:
Chapter 3: The Two Basic Structures of Medicare
Chapter 4: The Planfinders
Important handouts:
Medigap info and NYS planfinder
(these prices match the audio; use this link for this current month prices)
Connecticut Medigaps Planfinder
Planfinder (Medicare Advantage, Part D)
(slightly different from the audio but good enough)
Chapter 5: Costs
Chapter 6: Enrollment
Somewhat geared to New York State
Chapter 7: Cost-Saving Programs
Important handouts:
Chapter 8: Remaining Bits and Pieces
Important handout:
Other flyers and handouts:
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
[please check back – we may add more of these]
KATONAH – Saturday, April 18th, 10:15 – 1:30 pm
Katonah Village Library
26 Bedford Road, Katonah, NY 10536
Pre-registration requested at: (914) 231-3236
PLEASANTVILLE – Tuesday, April 22nd, 1 – 4:15 pm
Mount Pleasant Public Library
350 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570
Pre-registration requested at the library’s Events calendar or (914) 769-0548
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
SCARSDALE – Monday, May 5th, 5 – 8:30 pm
Scarsdale Public Library
54 Olmsted Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583
Pre-registration requested at scarsdalelibrary.org or (914) 722-1302
SHRUB OAK – Tuesday, May 6th, 10 am – 1:15 pm
John C. Hart Library
1130 East Main St., Shrub Oak, NY 10588
Pre-registration requested at (914) 245-5262
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
YONKERS – Sunday, May 18th, 1 – 4:15 pm
Grinton I. Will Library (Flynn Room)
1500 Central Park Ave., Yonkers, NY 10710
Pre-registration requested at: (914) 231-3236
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
HARRISON
Harrison Public Library, Halperin Building
2 Bruce Ave., Harrison, NY 10528
ARDSLEY
Town of Greenburgh Multipurpose Center
11 Olympic Lane, Ardsley, NY 10502
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
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