Released September 15, 2025

VENTURA, California – 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 attached 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.