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Date:8/20/2008

offices in MA, CT and NY, offers members many benefits to make life at home even more comfortable. This includes around-the-clock access to their healthcare team, no co-pays or deductibles, prescription coverage, specialized geriatric support services, no claim forms, non-medical services such as transportation, staff fluent in several languages, and non-traditional programs such as Tai Chi fall-prevention.

More than 40 percent of SWH members do not speak English, and 20 percent are illiterate. Most have one or more chronic diseases. The average number of prescriptions is five.

"As the original sponsor of the law that led to the creation of so-called SCO programs, such as Senior Whole Health, I am delighted with the success that this program has achieved," said Senator Richard T. Moore, Chair of the Health Care Financing Committee. "Senior Whole Health helps frail elders stay in their homes by providing the medical and social supports that are critical. They save the taxpayers money and improve the quality of life for the citizens they serve -- the 'gold standard' for any publicly supported program."

According to a 2007 study by JEN Associates, Inc., a national healthcare research firm, SWH's members are 40 percent less likely to be admitted to a nursing home for long-term care.

About Senior Whole Health

Since 2004, Senior Whole Health (SWH) has been driven by a singular mission -- to provide low-income seniors with a health care plan that's simple to join, provides the security of an around-the-clock health care team and allows them to remain living independently in the comfort of their own home. Simple, secure and independent, SWH currently serves 5,000 individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid living in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. For more information about the voluntary plan, call (518) 472-5200, or go to http://www.seniorwholehealth.com.

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