A: Big! And the later you are signing up, the bigger it gets. If you don’t sign up for Part B during your Initial Enrollment Period or, if you qualify, during a Special Enrollment Period, you’ll be charged a penalty for every 12-month period you are late. The penalty is 10% of the Part B monthly premium.
A: The answer: it depends. Part A and Part B (your hospital and medical coverage) is accepted throughout the country. The same is true if you have a Medicare Supplement plan. Just be sure to use a provider that accepts Medicare.
A: Say goodbye to physical, occupational and speech therapy caps on Medicare services. Until President Trump signed the budget deal in February, people on Medicare were subject to arbitrary limits on the amount of therapy services that Medicare was willing to pay.
A: Watch as our Medicare Education Specialist, Jan Graves, explains the answer.
A: Unless you work in the health care field or have taken care of your own or someone else’s medical bills, you probably don’t understand the difference. Think about it – both are federal programs created in 1965 and both start with M-E-D-I. No wonder people are confused!
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