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Medicare is a national health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and those with end-stage renal disease.
If you’re turning 65 soon, you’ll have some critical healthcare decisions to make.
If you aren’t sure as to what all the parts of Medicare are, we have compiled all of them for you.
Known as Medigap Plans, Medicare Supplement Plans fill in the “gaps” of medical costs that aren’t covered by Original Medicare, such as coinsurance, copayments, and deductibles.
Medicare Advantage Plans, or Medicare Part C, can be used to substitute Medicare Part A and B, as well as offer prescription drug coverage.
You can enroll in Original Medicare three months before you turn 65 until three months after the month of your 65th birthday.
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Your Medicare coverage depends on which part you have. Different parts cover different medical services.
Medicare includes the following types of coverage: Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, and Medigap. While Medicare covers many health care services like doctor visits, hospitalization, and prescription drugs, there are things it doesn’t cover (more on this later).
Have questions about what Medicare covers? Midwest Trusted Benefit is here to break it down for you.
Part A is hospital coverage that gives you affordable inpatient care. By “inpatient,” we mean it’s like a room and board in the hospital.
Part A covers the following items/services for inpatient hospital stays:
* Might be outside of but related to your hospital stay
So after your hospital stay, you might need skilled nursing, hospice, and short-term respite or home health care, which Part A will also cover. The covered hospice services may include durable medical equipment (DME), palliative care, social services, and counseling.
Remember this: In general, what Part A covers is hospital-related for immediate or urgent care of an illness or injury.
Many people think of Part B as medical coverage, but it covers any care that’s medically necessary and administered by physicians — including things in and out of the hospital. Part B covers:
Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans include all hospital and outpatient benefits covered under Original Medicare, and some offer other benefits for:
Every plan summarizes its benefits, listing the medical services and telling you what your copay or coinsurance will be for each one. Review this summary carefully, so you know what to expect to pay.
Part D plans allow you to control the cost of prescription drugs. Every plan keeps a list of medications, called a formulary that it covers. These medications treat many different conditions and illnesses.
Medicare requires that your plan offers a minimum of two drugs in each therapeutic class. Part D plans also cover all, or nearly all, drugs in these categories:
Medicare drug plans also cover common vaccines — like the shingles vaccine — to prevent illness.
Certain medications fall under Part B rather than Part D. If you have Original Medicare with a standard supplement, these medications will usually be covered in full.
Supplemental (Medigap) plans cover millions of Medicare users, helping them pay a copayment, coinsurance, and deductible costs that they’d normally have to pay out-of-pocket.
Medicare only covers 80% of your Part B costs. If you develop a severe illness, the other 20% can be financially devastating.
However, the good news is you can choose a Medigap policy that will pay a portion or all of that 20% for you! Check out our Medicare Supplement plan comparison for more information.
Original Medicare doesn’t cover everything. For example, it doesn’t pay for:
That’s why Medicare Advantage and supplemental insurance exists. In particular, Medicare Supplements can cover some of the copays and deductibles that are leftover, while Advantage plans replace your Original Medicare and may add extra benefits.
If you anticipate needing extended stays in a nursing home, consider buying long-term care insurance — because again, Medicare doesn’t cover long-term care.
Medicare coverage depends on three primary things:
You can ask your doctor or other providers if Medicare will cover the services or supplies you need. Also, it helps to work with an agent who has worked in the Medicare realm for many years. Keep browsing our site for Medicare information, and feel free to contact us at any time.
We are not connected with or endorsed by the United States government or the federal Medicare program. We do not offer every plan available in your area. Any information we provide is limited to those plans we do offer in your area. Please contact Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE to get information on all of your options.
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