Colonial Club offers timely talk about health care
Insurance Rep. explains Medicare benefits at luncheon
Community leaders and members of the Colonial Club of Bay Ridge gathered on Thursday for a presentation on health care. The club strives to offer timely talks about community events and issues.
Club member Louis J. Peters of AMP Insurance Brokerage on 7709 Fifth Ave. gave a well-received talk about United Healthcare Medicare solutions and the various plans available to enrollees. His administrative assistant Samantha August joined him.
Peters has been involved in health care for more than 35 years. He discussed the 2018 Medicare plans for those 65 or older in detail, as well as the various changes to the prescription drug plans.
He informed the club that new Medicare cards will be issued in April without Social Security numbers in order to cut down on identity theft and fraud. The cards will be distributed starting April 2018 through March 2019 and will feature a new ID number called a Medicare Beneficiary Identifier, which will appear on the card and replace the Social Security number.