Tennessee State Health Insurance Assistance Program (TN SHIP)

Open Enrollment Period

Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period ends Wednesday, December 7th. If you are in need of a drug plan comparison, please contact Medicare at 1-800-MEDICARE for immediate assistance. If you have previously submitted a comparison to TN SHIP & haven’t received your comparison yet, please call or email us at 1-877-801-0044 or dda.ship@tn.gov.

Contact Form

Volunteer

Looking for a meaningful, fulfilling volunteer opportunity with the aging and disabled population? TN SHIP has volunteer opportunities for you to assist consumers with understanding their Medicare and Medicaid benefits. Training is available across the state. Email us at dda.ship@tn.gov for more information.

Medicare Tips

Protect your health with Medicare’s preventive benefits. Sign up at www.MyMedicare.gov to track the preventive benefits you have used each year and remind you of benefits for which you are eligible. Visit www.medicare.gov for valuable benefit information. Here are a few highlights of the website: 

Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder
An interactive tool that allows you to narrow your search for a Medicare prescription drug plan based on your personal preferences such as cost, drugs covered, and participating pharmacies. 

Need help paying for your prescription drugs? You may be able to get extra help to pay for the premiums, annual deductible, and co-payments related to the Medicare Prescription Drug program. However, you must be enrolled in a Medicare Prescription Drug plan to receive this additional help. Call SHIP today to learn more. 

Medicare.gov: Forms, Help, and Resources

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Regulations and Guidance

Medicare Consumers and the Affordable Healthcare Act

Once you are eligible for Medicare you will need to disenroll from your Marketplace plan through the Affordable Care Act. Typically, your Marketplace plan will not work with Medicare. You will need to enroll in Medicare to avoid any penalties that may be assessed by not enrolling in Medicare timely. TN SHIP is available to help you make decisions with your Medicare health care coverage available in your area by looking at cost, convenience, and coverage.

This project was supported, in part by grant numbers 2201TNMISH-03, 2201TNMIDR-03, 2201TNMIAA-03, and 90SAPG0069-05
from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.