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WOMEN ACHIEVING <br />NEW DIRECTIONS <br />There is a new program for low income <br />working single mothers. The program <br />serves women who "fall between the <br />cracks" to be better workers and get <br />better jobs. Each woman attends a <br />workshop series focusing on the skills <br />needed to keep and be promoted in a <br />job. Each women will learn more about <br />herself and her interests and skills. She <br />will look at the blocks to her success and <br />will set goals and a plan to reach them. <br />Each women will also have individual <br />career/job counseling. She will be <br />guided and supported by a women who <br />has been successful in her work. <br />Women Achieving New Directions offers <br />services on a sliding fee scale. No <br />woman is turned away because she <br />cannot pay. Any low income working <br />single mother in the metro area may be <br />eligible no matter where she lives. If <br />you or a woman you know is interested, <br />call Janette at 521-1232. <br />DO YOU STILL NEED <br />"MEDIGAP" INSURANCE? <br />On July 1, 1988, the President signed <br />into law the Medicare Catastrophic <br />Coverage Act of 1988. Before this <br />people purchased "Medigap insurance" <br />to cover some of the cost that Medicare <br />does not pay. They are now wrong in <br />assuming that the new law gets rid of <br />their need for "Medigap" insurance. <br />Legal experts warned that if you wanted <br />a "Medigap" policy before the Act, you <br />will probably still want one. You still <br />need "Medigap" type insurance because <br />the Act still leaves major gaps in <br />Medicare coverage. <br />If you are low income, you should first <br />try and get Medical Assistance. If you <br />belong to an HMO, you probably don ’t <br />need extra insurance. <br />If you would like a copy of the Seniors <br />Law Project article on the new Law, you <br />can write the Community Legal <br />Education Program, 2507 Frement Ave. <br />North, Minneapolis, MN 55411, or call <br />(612) 522-6636 and ask for the <br />Catastrophic Coverage Article.