With the Medicare Open Enrollment period soon to begin, the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) – part of the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging, a division of the Human Services Agency – will again be providing countywide resources and help.
Medicare Open Enrollment begins on October 15 and runs through December 7. HICAP counselors, who are registered by the California Department of Aging, provide free, unbiased Medicare counseling to the public.
Between October 6-14, HICAP counselors will host presentations on “2026 Medicare Changes” at 13 different sites around the county. People are encouraged to sign up online at VCAAA.VenturaCounty.gov/HICAP to register to attend these presentations.
From October 15 to December 5, HICAP counselors will host 36 One-Stop events at 14 different sites around the county to provide individual counseling sessions. People interested in a one-on-one appointment are urged to sign up as soon as possible, as they will fill up quickly. The online form can be found at VCAAA.VenturaCounty.gov/HICAP.
Sites for these various events include Ventura (the VCAAA office), Camarillo (Camarillo Health Care District, Pleasant Valley Senior Center), Fillmore (Active Adult Center), Moorpark (Active Adult Center), Ojai (HELP of Ojai), Oxnard (Colonia Senior Center, Palm Vista Senior Center, South Oxnard Senior Center, Wilson Senior Center), Port Hueneme (Orvene S. Carpenter Community Center), Santa Paula (Senior Center), Simi Valley (Senior Center) and Thousand Oaks (CRPD Conejo Creek Community Building, Goebel Adult Community Center).
Please see the following PDFs or visit VCAAA.VenturaCounty.gov/HICAP for specific dates, times and locations.
Both the presentations and the individual appointments are free. For more information, call the VCAAA at 805-477-7300.
> Open Enrollment Presentations flyer (PDF)
> OpenEnrollment One-Stops flyer (PDF)
> OpenEnrollment General Info flyer (PDF)