Free Medicare Counseling for Seniors From Berks Encore
Berks Encore has trained PA MEDI counselors and volunteers who explain the basics of Medicare, how to enroll, how you can supplement your Medicare benefits, what Medicare coverage will cost and what financial assistance is available. The counselors review policies with Medicare clients, help them enroll for services, and assist in resolving billing problems. They do not sell Medicare products; they offer current, unbiased Medicare education so you can make an informed choice.
Pennsylvania Medicare Education and Decision Insight, known as PA MEDI, offers free Medicare counseling to older Pennsylvanians. Medicare itself is health insurance for people age 65 or older. You are eligible to sign up three months before you turn 65. To qualify a person needs to be 65 years of age or disabled to 25 months, and there is no age limit for persons with end stage renal disease or ALS.
Counselors can help with these insurance related subjects:
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage Plans and current Medicare costs
- Health insurance counseling
- Long-Term Care Insurance
- Low Income Subsidy for Medicare Part D and the Medicare Part D Savings Program
- Medical Assistance
- PACEplus prescription assistance
- Supplemental Insurance and Medigap plans
- Produce vouchers
- Pennsylvania food stamps, with an application form to download
- Rent and property tax rebates
- LIHEAP fuel assistance
- Free notary service
To review your Medicare benefits, call 610-374-3195 ext. 209 and make an appointment. Appointments are available in person, via Zoom or by phone.
If you are new to Medicare, Berks Encore provides ongoing support through in-person meetings, phone counseling or Zoom presentations. Call (610) 374-3195 ext. 208 for more information.
There is also a Zoom presentation on the A, B, C's and D's of Medicare covering how to enroll, how to supplement your benefits, what coverage will cost and what financial assistance may be available. It is held the 4th Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. Register by calling (610) 374-3195 ext. 208.
In 2022 Berks Encore helped 1,455 seniors save almost $294,650, helped 1,154 seniors with rent and property tax rebates, and distributed produce checks to 360 seniors.
Berks Encore's main office is at 40 North 9th Street, 2nd Floor, Reading PA 19601, and the general number is (610) 374-3195 with email ApplaudingLife@BerksEncore.org. The office hours are not listed, and the counseling appointment location is not stated, so ask when you call. No list of documents to bring is given, so it is worth asking what to have ready for your appointment.
Source: berksencore.org/services, read September 18, 2026.
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Berks Encore has trained PA Medi counselors and volunteers that can help you learn the basics of Medicare, how to enroll, how you can supplement your Medicare benefits, what Medicare coverage will cost and what financial assistance is available.
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