(888) 688-9919Ask Jeannie to reach outLakeland Regional to the west, Winter Haven Hospital to the east. We'll check each plan against the doctors and pharmacy you actually use, sitting down by appointment or over the phone or Google Meet. I'm Jeannie Pond, licensed since 2009, next door in Lakeland.
We do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 14 organizations which offer 52 products in your area. Please contact Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE to get information on all of your options.
1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), TTY 1-877-486-2048, 24 hours a day/7 days a week
Want a Medicare agent for Auburndale? I'm Jeannie Pond, NPN 8940178, based in Lakeland, and I work with people in Auburndale in person by appointment or by phone or Google Meet. Auburndale has no hospital of its own on CMS's list, so whether you lean toward Lakeland Regional or Winter Haven Hospital decides which networks matter. Social Security's locator shows Winter Haven's office closest, and the Senior Connection Center serves all of Polk.
Auburndale sits right between Lakeland and Winter Haven, which means doctors and hospitals on both sides. I'm Jeannie Pond, a Medicare agent from Lakeland, licensed since 2009. In person by appointment, or by phone or Google Meet, we'll compare plans against the ones you actually see, and the pharmacy you actually use.
The Census Bureau figures for Auburndale are survey estimates: table and margin of error sit under each number.
CMS Care Compare lists no hospital in Auburndale itself. Lakeland Regional Medical Center to the west and Winter Haven Hospital to the east are the closest on its list, so we check whichever one you'd use, or both, in each plan's directory.
For ZIP 33823, Social Security's locator lists Lakeland's office first, 12.3 miles away, but the nearest it shows is Winter Haven on Havendale Boulevard, 4.9 miles. Either one works; so does a my Social Security account online.
Each drug plan has its own list of covered drugs, called a formulary, and plans decide which pharmacies they cover, according to Medicare.gov. Have your prescriptions and doses handy, plus the pharmacy you like, and I'll check each plan against them before we talk about anything else.
The Senior Connection Center is the Area Agency on Aging for Polk, Hillsborough, Manatee, Highlands and Hardee counties. SHINE, Florida's Medicare help line, is offered by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and your local Area Agency on Aging, which in Auburndale means the Senior Connection Center.
Government sources list these for Auburndale. I'm not affiliated with any of them.
Social Security for Auburndale
1395 NW Havendale Blvd, Winter Haven, FL 33881
The nearest office Social Security's locator shows for ZIP 33823, 4.9 miles from it. The locator lists Lakeland first.
See it on ssa.govHospital to check
CMS Care Compare lists no hospital in Auburndale; these two are the closest. Check the one you'd use in each plan's provider directory.
Free counseling for Auburndale
1-800-963-5337TTY 1-800-955-8770
Want someone to double-check what I tell you? That's what SHINE is for: free, unbiased counseling from trained volunteers, offered with the Senior Connection Center for Polk County.
SHINE's websiteWe'll start with your prescriptions and the Part D drug coverage that fits them. Then we'll set Medicare Advantage plans next to Original Medicare with a Medigap policy, checking the doctors you see on either side of town in each one.
Not sure where the costs come from? My Medicare costs guide breaks down premiums, deductibles and copays in plain words.
We do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 14 organizations which offer 52 products in your area. Please contact Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE to get information on all of your options.
1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), TTY 1-877-486-2048, 24 hours a day/7 days a week
Either one. Social Security's locator lists Lakeland, at 550 Commerce Dr, first for ZIP 33823, but Winter Haven, at 1395 NW Havendale Blvd, is closer. Much of what you need can be done online at ssa.gov.
Your Medicare card if you have it, a list of your prescriptions with doses, your doctors' names, the hospital you'd want, and your pharmacy. That's enough for me to compare plans with you.
SHINE, Florida's State Health Insurance Assistance Program, at 1-800-963-5337. It's offered through the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and the Senior Connection Center, and it isn't tied to any insurance company.
Send me a note or give me a call. I'll ask about your doctors and prescriptions, then we'll compare the plans offered in Polk County, side by side.
Jeannie Pond, Licensed Insurance Agent, NPN 8940178, licensed since 2009, based in Lakeland.
We do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 14 organizations which offer 52 products in your area. Please contact Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE to get information on all of your options.
1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), TTY 1-877-486-2048, 24 hours a day/7 days a week