Group Health will sponsor six seminars on Medicare Advantage plans starting Thursday.
The sessions are:
w Thursday: 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Group Health Tri-Cities Administrative Office, 1009
N. Center Parkway, Kennewick.
w Nov. 10: 2 p.m. at the Pasco Senior Center, 1315 N. Seventh Ave.
w Nov. 11: 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the Kennewick Best Western, 4001 W. 27th Ave.
w Nov. 19: 10 a.m. at the Group Health office.
To register, go to www.ghc.org.
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