Medicare Annual Open Enrollment begins on October 1st and over 50,000 Massachusetts residents will seek advice and counsel from our state's senior centers and SHINE Counselors. Many of these individuals may have never set foot in your doors and their first experience with Medicare may be with one of your SHINE Counselors. This is your chance to make a lasting impression. Medicare Sherpa's objective is to provide unbiased information on affordable Medicare Insurance and retirement. We'd like to encourage you to join our site, network with your peers and use our tools. We created this site as Massachusetts's first social networking site for Elder Affairs Professionals.
Imagine you are in you early 70s and facing an illness such as Alzheimer's Disease, which is causing you to become forgetful. Sometimes you find yourself driving to a familiar place, but forget en route where you are headed. Or you tell a story and stop in the middle, having forgotten what you were talking about. Keeping track of your family's finances has gotten to be too much for you.
Preserve your good credit. Do not underestimate how important it is to keep your good credit. Your future ability to purchase items, rent or buy a home, often requires a credit check. Consumer credit agencies and your lender can help you explore solutions to keep your credit rating from getting blemished. Many people avoid calling lenders about money troubles because we feel embarrassed discussing money problems with others or believe that if lenders know we are in trouble, they will automatically rush to a collection agency or foreclosure.
Since your home is probably your largest single investment, it's smart to know more about reverse mortgages, and decide if it is right for you. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) insurers these loans through its Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Medicare Sherpa compiled our "10 things you should know about reverse mortgages" from the FHA. This simple formula may put thousands in your pocket today -
More Valuable the Home + the Older You Are + the Lower the Interest = the More You Can Borrow
SafeLink Wireless Lifeline Service is a new government supported free cell phone service for Massachusetts residents with limited incomes. People who are getting TAFDC, EAEDC, SSI, SNAP food stamps, MassHealth/Medicaid, or LIHEAP fuel assistance are income eligible. The goal of the program is to make cell phone service available to everyone, regardless of income or credit rating.
SafeLink provides a free cell phone plus 80 minutes per month per household. There are no contracts and no monthly fees. TracFone Wireless, a large U.S. prepaid cell phone company, provides the SafeLink service.
Welcome to Medicare Sherpa! Our site serves as a guide to your retirement and our editors scour the Internet daily to find experts, articles and content to help retirees weigh the total impact of their healthcare, financial and personal decisions. We will help you measure the effect of your actions and help you balance both the mental and physical weight of those choices. We want to encourage each of you share your personal experiences and tell us about the actions you took prior to retirement and how your current experiences are shaping your dreams and goals for a meaningful retirement. Together we will work with each of you to ensure this site serves as a guide through that experience.
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Medicare Annual Open Enrollment begins on October 1st and over 50,000 Massachusetts residents will seek advice and counsel from our state's senior centers and SHINE Counselors. Many of these individuals may have never set foot in your doors and their first experience with Medicare may be with one of your SHINE Counselors. This is your chance to make a lasting impression. Medicare Sherpa's objective is to provide unbiased information on affordable Medicare Insurance and retirement. We'd like to encourage you to 
Imagine you are in you early 70s and facing an illness such as Alzheimer's Disease, which is causing you to become forgetful. Sometimes you find yourself driving to a familiar place, but forget en route where you are headed. Or you tell a story and stop in the middle, having forgotten what you were talking about. Keeping track of your family's finances has gotten to be too much for you.
Since your home is probably your largest single investment, it's smart to know more about reverse mortgages, and decide if it is right for you. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) insurers these loans through its 
SafeLink Wireless Lifeline Service is a new government supported free cell phone service for Massachusetts residents with limited incomes. People who are getting TAFDC, EAEDC, SSI, SNAP food stamps, MassHealth/Medicaid, or LIHEAP fuel assistance are income eligible. The goal of the program is to make cell phone service available to everyone, regardless of income or credit rating.
Welcome to Medicare Sherpa! Our site serves as a guide to your retirement and our editors scour the Internet daily to find experts, articles and content to help retirees weigh the total impact of their healthcare, financial and personal decisions. We will help you measure the effect of your actions and help you balance both the mental and physical weight of those choices. We want to encourage each of you share your personal experiences and tell us about the actions you took prior to retirement and how your current experiences are shaping your dreams and goals for a meaningful retirement. Together we will work with each of you to ensure this site serves as a guide through that experience.
