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10050 Medicare & You Handbook

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Revised Introduction	Medicare and You 2013 cover
New	Welcome to Medicare and You 2013
What's new and important in 2013	Find a specific topic
Important Enrollment Information	What is Medicare
What are the different parts of Medicare	What are my Medicare coverage choices
Where can I get my questions answered	How do I sign up for Part A and Part B
If I'm not automatically enrolled, when can I sign up	Should I get Part B
When can I get a Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap) policy	How does my other Insurance work with Medicare
How much does Part A coverage cost	How much does Part B coverage cost
What services does Medicare cover	What does Part A cover
What do I pay for Part A-covered services	Part A-covered services
What does Part B cover	What do I pay for Part B-covered services
What does Part B cover (table)	Want to keep track of your preventive services
What's not covered by Part A and Part B	How can I get my Medicare coverage
What if I need help deciding how to get my Medicare	What are my medicare coverage choices
What should I consider when choosing or changing my coverage	How does Original Medicare work
What do I pay	What are Medicare Summary Notices
What is assignment	What are Private Contracts
Can I add drug coverage (Part D) to Original Medicare	What are Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap) Policies
What else should I know about Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap) policy	Where can I get more information about Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap)
What are Medicare Advantage Plans (Part C)	What else should I know about Medicare Advantage Plans
Who can join	What if I have other coverage
What if I have a Medicare Supplement Insurance policy	What if I have End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
What do I pay II	How do Medicare Advantage Plans work
When can I join, switch, or drop a Medicare Advantage plan	How do I join
How do I switch	Are there other types of Medicare health plans
How does medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D) work	When can I join, switch, or drop a Medicare drug plan
How do I join	How do I switch
How do I drop a Medicare drug plan	What do I pay
What is the Part D late enrollment penalty	How much more will I pay
What if I don't agree with the penalty	What drugs are covered
How do other insurance and programs work with Part D	How does other government insurance work with Part D
What if I need help paying my Medicare prescription drug costs	What if I need help paying my Medicare health care costs
What are my Medicare rights	What if my plan stops participating in Medicare
What's an appeal	How do I file an appeal
What are my rights if I think my services are ending too soon	What's an Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN)
How does Medicare use my personal information	How can I protect myself from identity theft
How can I protect myself & Medicare from fraud	Reporting suspected Medicaid fraud
What is the Senior Medicare Patrol SMP Program	Fighting fraud can pay
Investigating fraud takes time	Am I protected from discrimination
What is the Medicare Beneficiary Ombudsman	What is the Long-term Care Ombudsman
How do I plan for long-term care	How do I pay for long-term care
Long term care contacts	What are advance directives
Where can I get personalized help	What are State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs)
Where can I find Medicare information online	How do I compare the quality of plans and providers
What's Medicare doing to better coordinate my care	Can I manage my health information online
Are there other ways to get Medicare information	Are resources available for caregivers
State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs)	Definitions
Part A and Part B costs	Part C and Part D (Medicare health and prescription drug plans)
Medicare cares about what you think	Last page (Back cover)