State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)

Are you enrolled in Medicare and need help with your insurance? State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) counselors can help!

This program uses volunteer counselors to provide free help to adults enrolled in Medicare who have problems with or questions about their health insurance. In Morris County, the program is provided by the non-profit organization NORWESCAP.

Please call for an appointment. Many sites can not accommodate walk-ins.

Chatham Township

973-635-4565
Senior Services Center of the Chathams
58 Meyersville Rd., Chatham

Open as needed, by appointment only

Denville

973-625-6527
St. Clare’s Hospital, Denville Campus
25 Pocono Road, Denville

Hours:

  • Monday, 10am-4pm
  • Tuesday, 11am-3pm
  • Wednesday, 10am-2pm
  • Thursday, 10am-2pm
  • Friday, 10am-2pm

Jefferson

973-784-4900 ext. 3501

Open as needed, by appointment only

Madison

973-593-3095

Madison Senior Center
28 Walnut St., Madison

Hours:

  • Thursdays, 9:30am-1:30pm (by appointment only)

Morris Plains

973-784-4900 ext. 3501
Morris Plains Community Center
51 Jim Fear Drive, Morris Plains

Hours:

  • Monday, 11:30am-1pm (by appointment only)

Morristown

973-784-4900 ext. 3501
175 South Street, Morristown

Hours:

  • As needed, by appointment only.

You can visit our secondary location, Morristown Medical Center, 100 Madison Ave,. Morristown,  on Tuesdays, 9am-1pm. Call 973-971-4328 to confirm.

Mt. Olive

973-691-0900 ext. 7353

Mt. Olive Health Department
204 Flanders-Drakestown Rd., Budd Lake

Hours:

  • Thursdays

Parsippany

973-263-7351
Parsippany Community Center
1130 Knoll Road, Lake Hiawatha

Hours:

  • Tuesday, 9am-12pm (by appointment only)

Rockaway

973-627-7200 ext. 2054
Rockaway Twp Municipal Building
65 Mt. Hope Road, Rockaway

Hours:

  • Monday, 9am-2pm (by appointment only)
  • Available as needed, by appointment only, at Skylands RSVP & Vol. Resource Center, 21 Pine St., Suite 101, Rockaway

Roxbury

973-784-4900 ext. 3501
Roxbury Library
103 Main Street, Succasunna

Hours:

  • Tuesday, 10am-1pm (by appointment only)

Stirling/Long Hill Township

973-784-4900 ext. 3501

Open as needed, by appointment only

Wharton

973-784-4900 ext. 3501
Wharton Public Library
15 South Main Street, Wharton

Hours:

  • Monday, 11am-3pm (by appointment only)

 

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Learn more about the SHIP program on the state website or by calling 1-800-792-8820.