The Newark Public Library will host a Medicare Internet session for seniors in its Technology Training Center on Friday, November 19, from 10am to noon. The event is designed to help Medicare beneficiaries learn how to access information about their benefits by using the Web site www.medicare.gov. The site enables recipients and the people who help them make health care decisions to access updated information about their individual Medicare plan options and choices at the click of a button. The program will be presented by the Health Care Financing Administration.

Medicare beneficiaries may also get detailed coverage and plan information by calling the Medicare Choices Helpline at (800) 633-4227.

The library is hosting the program as part of its initiative to ensure its patrons have free and convenient access to electronic information. The Technology Training Center is located on the third floor of the main library, 5 Washington Street. The program is free and open to all seniors.