Welcome to Medicare Class

HICAP offers both LIVE In-Person Welcome to Medicare classes and LIVE Welcome to Medicare class via Zoom Video Conferencing. In both live classes you can interact with the instructor and ask questions. We continue to offer self-paced online Welcome to Medicare videos. All classes are specifically designed for Contra Costa residents.

Welcome to Medicare ClassConfused about Medicare?

Our Welcome to Medicare class offers up-to-date information about Medicare plans and supplements. Scroll down for schedule choices. We also offer a self-paced online version of our Welcome to Medicare class.

Welcome to Medicare is a free HICAP class designed for those new to Medicare.


You will learn the following:

  • When and how to enroll in Medicare
  • Basic Medicare benefits and costs
  • Medicare alphabet soup and what A-B-C-D means
  • Medicare supplemental (Medigap) plans
  • Medicare Advantage plans (HMOs)
  • Prescription drug plans
  • Coordination with other health insurance including employer plans, retirement plans, VA, and COBRA

Our Welcome to Medicare class is popular. Registration is required for class attendance. No products are sold or endorsed.

NOTE: Occasionally the schedule will change due to counselor or location availability. Please register for a class to confirm the correct date and time.

Contra Costa County HICAP Welcome to Medicare Class Schedule


LIVE Classes via ZOOM Video Conferencing

Live Welcome to Medicare, via ZOOM, requires you to have a computer, laptop, tablet, or smart phone in order to connect to the class. You do NOT need a camera or microphone. You will receive information on how to connect to the class, via e-mail, once you have registered. The class is one to one-and-a-half hours long.

Select any session from the following list, and use registration instructions in the left column.

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
These sessions have 2 sponsors.
You may register through either sponsor.
Register Online with WCCUSD Alvarado Campus, or
Register Online
with Contra Costa County HICAP.
Classes are offered on:
September 17
October 15
November 19
December 17

 

LIVE and In-Person Classes

 

Location Schedule and Directions
BRENTWOOD Map to Liberty Adult Education Center
Liberty Adult Education
Liberty Union High School District

929 Second Street
Brentwood, CA 94513
Phone 925-634-2565 to make a reservation
Every other month on the 2nd Wednesday, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., except during the summer

Upcoming classes scheduled on:
October 16
December 11

Directions:
From Highway 4, go south on Second Street to the Liberty Adult Education Center campus

CONCORD Map to the Concord Senior Center
Concord Senior Center
2727 Parkside Circle, Concord, CA 94519
Phone 925-671-3320 between 9am and noon to register,
or Register Online . Search for “medicare” to find classes. (registration will be available closer to each session)
Quarterly on the 2nd Monday, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Upcoming classes scheduled on:
September 9

Directions:
Drive East on Willow Pass Road from Central Concord (Todos Santos Plaza). Turn left on Port Chicago Highway. Pass Salvio St., Pacheco St., and turn right on Bonifacio St. Make the first left onto Parkside Circle. You will enter Baldwin Park. The Senior Center will be on the right about halfway around Parkside Circle. Note that Parkside Circle is a one-way road.

DANVILLE Map to the Danville Senior Center
Danville Senior Center
Veterans Memorial Building

115 E. Prospect Avenue, Danville, CA 94583
Phone 925-314-3490 to make a reservation
Monthly on the 2nd Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Upcoming classes scheduled on:
September 14
October 12
November 16

LAFAYETTE Map of the Lafayette Public Library
Lafayette Public Library
3491 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Lafayette, CA 94549
Register online
Upcoming class scheduled on:
September 7th
from 10 am to 12 noon
MARTINEZ Map to the Martinez Adult Education campus
Martinez Adult Education
600 F Street, Martinez CA 94553
Register online, or
Phone (925) 335-5890 and option 0 to make a reservation
Monthly on the 3rd Saturday, 9 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Upcoming classes scheduled on:
September 21
October 19
November 16
December 21

Directions:
From Alhambra Avenue, go east on F Street to the campus

PLEASANT HILL Map to the Mt. Diablo Adult Education Center
Mt. Diablo Adult Education
1 Santa Barbara Rd. Room 114 Pleasant Hill CA 94523
Register online
Use the search box at top right to search for “medicare”. (registration will be available when each school session begins)
Monthly on the 2nd or 3rd Tuesday (or as school schedule permits), 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Upcoming classes scheduled on:
September 17
October 8
November 12

Directions:
See the link, above, for detailed directions to the Mt. Diablo Adult Education – Pleasant Hill Adult Education Center

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