ORIGINAL MEDICARE

Part A – Hospital Insurance

Part A helps pay for:
  • Inpatient hospital care
  • Skilled nursing facility care after a hospital stay
  • Some home health care and hospice services

Part B – Medical Insurance

Part B helps pay for:
  • Doctor’s office visits and services
  • Most outpatient care
  • Home health care
  • Durable medical equipment
  • Many preventive services

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Part C – Medicare Advantage Plans

Part C – Medicare Advantage Plans
Part C combines what’s covered by Part A and Part B and adds benefits, often including prescription drug coverage (Part D)

Part C always covers you for all benefits included in Parts A and B.

May include coverage for:
  • Dental, hearing and/or vision services
  • Health, wellness and fitness programs

Part C plans may also include:

  • Options that may or may not include prescription drug coverage
  • Provider networks to help manage costs
  • A Part B Premium Buy-down benefit that reduces the Medicare Part B premium that you pay to the Social Security Administration
  • A preloaded flexible spending card to help reduce your out-of-pocket expenses for covered dental, vision, and hearing services

Part D – Prescription Drug Coverage

Part D helps cover costs of prescription drugs with copays or coinsurance.

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Part C – Medicare Advantage Plans

Part C – Medicare Advantage Plans
Part C combines what’s covered by Part A and Part B and adds benefits, often including prescription drug coverage (Part D)

Part C always covers you for all benefits included in Parts A and B.

May include coverage for:
  • Dental, hearing and/or vision services
  • Health, wellness and fitness programs

Part C plans may also include:

  • Options that may or may not include prescription drug coverage
  • Provider networks to help manage costs
  • A Part B Premium Buy-down benefit that reduces the Medicare Part B premium that you pay to the Social Security Administration
  • A preloaded flexible spending card to help reduce your out-of-pocket expenses for covered dental, vision, and hearing services