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Client Stories

Real people, real impact. These are the stories of the individuals and families the Medicare Rights Center has helped.

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Making a Difference

Wilhelmina Perry

May 2026

““I don’t know any other organization like yours, that will actually sit with us seniors, and go piece by piece through an application process.””

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Jeannie

“I don't know how I would have continued to survive as decently as I'm doing…it affords me being able to stay in this space and gives me peace of mind to continue my work as a painter. With all my heart, thank you, Medicare Right Center!”

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Chris

“The Medicare Rights Center has absolutely given me a sense of reassurance. I feel like the selflessness that they have is very rare and we need more of it in this community, so thank you so much for everything you’ve done for us.”

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Ada

“If I hadn’t received a referral to the Medicare Rights Center, my life would be completely different. I was considering going back to my country to wait there for the time that I have left. I feel happy and grateful that now I will no longer have these financial worries.”

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Alinda

“My gratitude to Medicare Rights. Thank you all for giving me encouragement that there would be a resolution and support in the ordeal [of] going back and forth between Social Security and Medicare. Thanks, Giovanni, for your help in restoring Medicare Part B after 2 1/2 years.”

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Bill and Ellen

“Without the Medicare Rights Center, Bill would have been without medical coverage for a year in the middle of a pandemic—and just after he had been diagnosed with cancer. Medicare Rights was the best call I ever made.”

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Jose

““The Medicare Rights Center has been a vital resource in allowing me to navigate the complex and intimidating world of health care. With their assistance, I was able to avert a potential loss of coverage.””

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Mr. and Mrs. Quader

“Medicare Rights helped us. They knew where to go, they knew what to do. They stood by us every time, and I cannot emphasize it enough.”

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Ann and Ti

“Medicare Rights has it boots on the ground—listening to, learning from, and advocating for all Medicare/Medicaid recipients. Their very critical policy leadership takes its lead from the needs of the grassroots users of services.”

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Rose

“You don’t have to sit here and just feel like a nonperson. You got people that will fight for you.”

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Maureen

“Medicare Rights makes the world a better place. They can literally save people’s lives.”

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Barrie

“Medicare Rights was really the gateway to my understanding of Medicare. They helped me understand things that were so complex to me, and without Medicare I would have been lost.”

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Sandra

“Essentially, with the assistance of the Medicare Rights Center, what had been a terrible nightmare had resolved itself in a very pleasant dream. I could relax, I had coverage, and I did not have to be anxious. I cannot express deeply enough how much I appreciate the extraordinary assistance that the Medicare Rights Center gave me.”

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Estelle

“There was no way I could ever have paid this bill, and I have enough to worry about while living on a fixed income and dealing with Multiple Sclerosis. I can’t say enough about how grateful I am to the Medicare Rights Center. There really are good people out there.”

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Michael

“Now I don’t worry about how I am going to access or afford my medications; I sleep well knowing I have the benefit Medicare Rights helped me receive.”

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Elizabeth

“I do not think my Medicare enrollment would have been done in time or correctly during the pandemic without the help of the Medicare Rights Center. I would definitely recommend Medicare Rights to anyone with a Medicare issue. ”

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Erika

“Thanks to the Medicare Rights Center, I’m confident my son will get the critical treatment and medications he needs to stay well following his transplant operation. Their dedicated counselor made sure that he got the Medicare benefits he was entitled to receive and now we don’t have to worry about paying the high out-of-pocket costs. Thank you for all that you do!”

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