Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Learn About Medicare Advantage With A Charlotte Insurance Broker

By Mark Marabut


A senior citizen can be eligible for Medicare when reaching sixty-two. Part A covers hospitalization charges. Part B pays for doctor visits, testing and procedures done on an outpatient basis. Sit down with a Charlotte Insurance Broker to learn which plans you can join. The Medicare Advantage policy covers the amount not paid by Medicare. It also covers prescription drugs.

When you choose to enroll in an Advantage plan, it subsidizes the eighty-percent that is covered by Medicare. The enrollment period is for a year at a time. The cost may be paid on a monthly basis. In some plans in some states, there is no cost to join one of these plans.

With some plans there is no charge, only a smaller co-payment each time you visit the physicians office. This is for your primary doctor. Others for special needs, charge a higher co-payment. You may also require an approval for that doctors care.

If you use a doctor or hospital that is not listed in the plan, you will be responsible for the cost. Enrollment is open only at certain times of the year and each membership period lasts for one year. If bills are incurred past a certain amount the individual does not have to pay anything above that upper limit.

Once you are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan, often referred to as Part C, coverage for Part A, hospital insurance, and Part B, which is coverage for doctor visits, blood work and other services as an outpatient, these other services will be covered by the Medicare Advantage Plan instead of standard Medicare.

Part C, the Medicare Advantage Plan covers blood tests, screenings such as mammograms and other tests needed on a regular basis. Plans can be outlined for you by a broker. A consultation will allow you to discuss your own medical needs and how the insurance can fill them in the most economic way possible. It is rare that a plan will be responsible for all the care you must have. Then you will have to make choices as to which offers the most.




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