How to Get Involved
Ways to Get Involved
- Use the resources on our website.
- Send us an email with your suggestions for more resources that might help further your work about Medicare preventive services.
- Work towards increasing awareness about Medicare’s preventive services in your state.
- Establish relationships with Health Department officials focused on aging issues and the Medicare Program Director.
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Facts & Statistics
- Medicare is a national health insurance program for Americans over the age of 65 and for younger Americans with disabilities.
- Nearly 44 million people are enrolled in the Medicare program: 37 million are over the age of 65 and 7 million are under the age of 65.
- Scientific evidence has shown that preventive services (chronic disease screening) and health interventions (promoting physical activity) can significantly improve the health of individuals as they age.
- In 2005, Medicare added diabetes and heart disease preventive health screenings, as well as a one-time "Welcome to Medicare" physical exam.
- Medicare's preventive care can help you stay healthy by covering services such as diabetes and cardiovascular screening, cancer testing, flu shots, and smoking and tobacco cessation programs.
- More women die from heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular disease than men.
- Among primary care physicians, only 8% know that more women than men die each year from CVD.
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