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Medicare Articles
Introduction to Medicare
Medicare is the federal government's principal health care insurance program for people 65 years of age and over.
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Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage (Part D)
The Medicare prescription drug plan allows private health insurers to offer limited insurance coverage of prescription drugs to elderly and disabled Medicare recipients.
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Medicare Part A: Hospital Coverage
Medicare Part A covers institutional care in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, as well as certain care given by home health agencies and care provided in hospices.
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Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage for Low-Income Beneficiaries
A low-income subsidy (called Extra Help) is available to help pay the premiums, deductibles, and co-payments of the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
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Medicare Part B
Medicare Part B basically covers "outpatient" care: office visits to medical specialists, ambulance transportation, diagnostic tests performed in a doctor's office or in a hospital on an outpatient basis, physician visits while the patient is in the hospital, and various outpatient therapies that are prescribed by a physician.
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Medicare's Limited Nursing Home Coverage
Medicare Part A covers institutional care in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, as well as certain care given by home health agencies and care provided in hospices.
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Help Paying for Medicare
Medicare is not free; there are premiums and deductibles.If you don't qualify for Medicaid and can't afford a Medigap policy, you may be able to get help paying for the costs of Medicare.
Read article »Turning 65? What You Need to Know about Signing up for Medicare
If you are about to turn 65, then it is time to think about Medicare.
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