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Senior center outlines fall programming, raises capacity concerns after university insurance change
Summary
Senior center staff reviewed a slate of fall events including an outdoor "Soul Train" event and a pickleball fundraiser, and warned that an upcoming university insurance change could create high demand for SHIP appointments affecting roughly 900 people.
At the July Senior Center Commission meeting, senior center staff detailed a full slate of fall and winter programming and warned that a change to university-offered health insurance will create extra demand on the center’s Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) assistance. Staff said the center will host community events including an outdoor Soul Train event on Sept. 20, a pickleball fundraiser on Oct. 4, concerts and a puzzle competition, and that SHIP open enrollment appointments will open in October.
The update matters because staff said the university’s change to retiree insurance will leave about 900 people without the university plan after Dec. 30 and that the center expects to help as many of those people as possible alongside usual retirees. “We are going it's gonna be a little tight this year…
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