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UPMC Health Plan Invites Seniors to Have Fun and Get Active on National Senior Health & Fitness Day

PITTSBURGH (May 24, 2007) — UPMC Health Plan announced today that it is the Pennsylvania state sponsor of the 14th annual National Senior Health & Fitness Day. A program featuring fitness activities for seniors who reside in Erie will be held at the Erie Center on Health & Aging on Wednesday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Seniors are invited to attend the free event and participate in a variety of health- and fitness-related activities including fitness walks, low impact exercises, health screenings, and educational workshops on health topics.

The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. with a walk through historic downtown Erie. If weather does not permit outdoor activity, the walk will be held indoors. Attendees can choose to attend a program on skin and colorectal cancer or fall-related risks. Both programs will be held at 11:00 a.m.  At 11:45 a.m., Nancy Adams from the Fitness Institute will lead an exercise program, and at 12:15 p.m., Jim Montgomery will present a session on Tai Chi.

“UPMC Health Plan is proud to be the Pennsylvania sponsor of the 2007 National Senior Health & Fitness Day,” said Diane P. Holder, president, UPMC Health Plan. “May is Older Americans Month and what better way to recognize this group than to provide a fun way for them to engage in health and fitness activities in Erie. We are pleased to have this opportunity to support seniors as they take part in appropriate and enjoyable forms of exercise and learn about health-related resources in the community.”

National Senior Health & Fitness Day is an annual event held on the last Wednesday in May, where more than 150,000 older adults across the country walk, dance, play, and learn their way to better health and fitness. Programs are hosted by more than 1,000 local and regional organizations. The theme for this year’s program — “Make Every Day a Fitness Day!” — was chosen from among thousands of entries in a slogan contest for older adults.

Members of UPMC for Life, the Health Plan’s Medicare product, will be admitted at no charge and may bring one guest who is Medicare eligible. Guests who show their Medicare card will be admitted at no charge.

About UPMC Health Plan
UPMC Health Plan, the second-largest health insurer in Western Pennsylvania, is owned by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), one of the nation's top-ranked health systems. The integrated partner companies of the UPMC Insurance Services Division – which includes UPMC Health Plan, Work Partners, EAP Solutions, UPMC for You (Medical Assistance), and Community Care Behavioral Health – offer a full range of group health insurance, Medicare, CHIP, Medical Assistance, behavioral health, employee assistance, and workers' compensation products and services to nearly 1 million members. Our local provider network includes UPMC as well as community providers, totaling more than 80 hospitals and more than 7,500 physicians in a 28-county region. For more information, visit www.upmchealthplan.com.

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