HICAP — Council on Aging, Southern California (Orange County) — FIRST IRVINE LISTING

Orange County’s official HICAP, run by the Council on Aging, Southern California: free, unbiased Medicare counseling and enrollment help, with counseling in Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, and Farsi. Counselors also meet people at senior centers around the county, for example the Orange Senior Center in the city of Orange.

Why this place helps: It is the only free Medicare counseling office for all of Orange County, and it helps in five languages, so a senior does not need perfect English to get honest answers about both cards.

Who it is for: Anyone with Medicare, anyone nearing 65, and their families and caregivers. Free for everyone.

Both-cards note: If you hold both Medicare and Medi-Cal, counselors here can confirm that Medi-Cal is paying your Medicare premium and help you apply if it is not.

Hours: Call to ask today’s hours (a senior resource guide lists Monday to Friday phone hours, but the organization’s own page does not print hours, so the listing says call to ask)

Ask for: The Orange County HICAP line.

When you call, say: “I live in Orange County and I have both Medicare and Medi-Cal. Please check if I can save money on my Medicare costs.”

What to bring: Both health cards, your medicine list, and proof of income if you are asking about savings programs.

What to do: Call (714) 560-0424 and ask for the nearest counseling site to your home, or a phone appointment if travel is hard.

Address: 2 Executive Circle, Suite 175, Irvine, CA 92614 (the first Irvine listing in the directory: the owner approved it as a one-time exception on Nov 9, 2026, because it is Orange County’s only HICAP office, and the same evening lifted the Irvine exclusion entirely: “list irvine too”)

Phone: (714) 560-0424 (Orange County HICAP appointments); 800-434-0222 (statewide HICAP helpline)