For more information, call your local County Assistance Office. The Healthy Horizons program helps eligible elderly and disabled Pennsylvanians pay for medical services, as well as Medicare premiums, deductibles and coinsurance. Persons must meet certain income guidelines to qualify. If you sell your home, you no longer have to pay the state's 2.8 percent income tax on the capital gain of the property. This tax was eliminated as part of the 1998-99 budget.
Proof of age is required.
Free fishing licenses are available for Pennsylvania veterans with 100 percent service connected disabilities. Pennsylvania Senior Games Residents 55 or older can compete in various indoor and outdoor sports held in early August at Shippensburg University. Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to event winners. There are no written or practical driving test required. The course fees are moderate, but vary with each agency.