The Center for Health Care Rights (CHCR) is a nonprofit health care advocacy organization dedicated to assuring consumer access to quality health care through education, counseling, informal advocacy, and legal services. CHCR’s direct services empower elderly and disabled consumers and their family members to use Medicare, Medi-Cal, and other health benefits effectively, make informed health care choices, and take appropriate action to resolve their health care problems. Since 1985, CHCR has delivered Medicare advocacy and health insurance counseling services to Medicare beneficiaries and their families in Los Angeles County with the financial support of state and federal funding from the California Department of Aging Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program grants.