Counting Van Nuys by its four ZIP codes
Van Nuys spreads across four ZIP codes, 91401, 91405, 91406 and 91411, and 170,402 people live in them. Of those, 21,199 are 65 or older. That is 12.4 percent, or about one in eight. The Census Bureau publishes no figure for Van Nuys as a whole, so we added up the four ZIP code estimates from the 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey. In the same ZIP codes, 46.5 percent of people 5 and older speak Spanish at home, and 54.1 percent of the population is Hispanic or Latino. Most plan documents and call centers default to English. Lara speaks Spanish, so you can read through your plan's letters with her, compare plans and sign up in Spanish.
Valley Presbyterian, Sherman Oaks Hospital and your plan
Valley Presbyterian Hospital has served Van Nuys since 1958 and now has 350 beds at 15107 Vanowen Street. Sherman Oaks Hospital, a 153 bed community hospital that is part of Prime Healthcare, is at 4929 Van Nuys Blvd. If your doctors admit patients at either one, let that steer the plan you pick. A Medicare Advantage plan covers the hospitals in its network, and the network can change when contracts are renewed. A Medicare Supplement pays alongside Original Medicare, which has no network, so you can go to any hospital in the U.S. that accepts Medicare. If you lean toward Medicare Advantage, Lara opens each plan's provider directory before you enroll and searches it for your hospital, every doctor you see and your pharmacy. Each fall, once plans announce what will change, she searches again.
Near City Hall, and at your door
The Bernardi Multipurpose Senior Center is at 6514 Sylmar Avenue, steps from Van Nuys City Hall. It serves meals, runs trips and offers case management for older adults, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. When getting out is hard, Lara comes to your house, wherever you live in Van Nuys. If you would rather talk across a desk, Goulson Insurance has an office in Valley Village, a short drive away.
Medicare Advantage across Los Angeles County in 2027
About 57 percent of Los Angeles County's 1.7 million Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage or another Medicare health plan (CMS, May 2026). The county has 70 Medicare Advantage plans open to general enrollment in 2027, plus 54 Special Needs Plans, and 60 of the 70 charge a $0 monthly plan premium (CMS 2027 Landscape file). What varies far more is the out of pocket maximum, the most you pay in a year for covered care in network: our analysis of the same file puts the average at $2,232 and the median at $1,500, with a range from $199 to $9,850.
Lara is a licensed insurance agent. Insurance companies pay her when you enroll, so her help costs you nothing and your premium is the same with or without her.
How Lara is paidIndependent Medicare help in Van Nuys
Goulson Insurance Services Inc. is an independent insurance agency, and our agents work as licensed brokers for Van Nuys families. No single insurance company employs us or decides what we recommend, so the comparison starts with your doctors, your prescriptions and your budget. We put Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Part D plans from several carriers side by side, and you enroll only if one fits. The agency holds CA license 6020069, Lara Goulson holds CA license 0E69969, and we work in English, Spanish and Hebrew.
Life, long term care and other coverage
Lara can also help with life insurance, long term care, disability and dental coverage, on a separate call or visit from your Medicare review. After your plan starts, Lara will still phone the insurer with you about a denied claim, straighten out a billing mistake or call a doctor's office to get you an answer.
Lara takes calls in Spanish and English at (818) 472-5484.
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