Medicare What Do You Know About the Different Parts of Medicare?

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Part A also helps cover some skilled nursing facility care, hospice care and home health care, under certain conditions. Original Medicare does not cover routine dental care or hearing aids

while many Medicare Advantage plans do have such coverage.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "What does Medicare Part B

help cover?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "Doctors’ services", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Long-term care", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Podiatry", "correctAnswer" :

false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Medicare Part B helps cover medical services such as doctors’ services, outpatient care and some medical equipment. Part B also covers some

preventive services, such as flu shots and screenings for diabetes and certain cancers. Medicare does not cover custodial long-term care or routine podiatry care.", "hint" : "", "hintLink"

: "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "What does Medicare Part D help cover?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "Over-the-counter drugs", "correctAnswer" :

false }, { "answer" : "Prescription drugs", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Alternative therapies", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Medicare Part

D helps cover the costs of prescription drugs. Medicare Part D plans are run by private insurance companies approved by Medicare. Medicare Part D does not cover over-the-counter drugs or

alternative therapies.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "True or False: You are still eligible for Medicare at age 65 even

if your age for full retirement benefits from Social Security is 66 or older.", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "True", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "False", "correctAnswer" : false }

], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Most people sign up for Medicare when they turn 65. However, some people can sign up later, without incurring penalties, if they have coverage from

an employer for whom they or their spouse are actively working.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "What services are

not covered by Medicare?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "Long-term care", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Cosmetic surgery", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "All of the

above", "correctAnswer" : true } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Medicare covers most of your health and prescription drug costs, but not all. It never covers the day-to-day

expenses of long-term care or cosmetic surgery.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "When is the period each year when people

with Medicare can change their Medicare health and prescription drug plans?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "You can change anytime", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "October

15-December 7", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "You can’t change your plan after you first sign up", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "You can

review and change your Medicare health and prescription drug plan during Medicare’s open enrollment period which is from October 15-December 7 each year. People joining Medicare for the

first time get their own enrollment periods, which spans seven months – three months before and three months after the month they turn 65.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "",

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"answer" : "True", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "False", "correctAnswer" : true } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Most Medicare Advantage plans require you to go to the

doctors and hospitals on their list of providers. Otherwise, you may pay more or you may not be covered for services at all, except in emergencies.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "",

"questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "Which movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture the year that Medicare was enacted (1965)?", "answers" : [ { "answer"

: "My Fair Lady", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Mary Poppins", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "The Sound of Music", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false,

"explanation" : "My Fair Lady won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1965", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" :

"Medicare Supplemental Insurance covers some of Original Medicare’s out-of-pocket costs?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "True", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "False", "correctAnswer"

: false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Medicare Supplemental Insurance (also known as Medigap) is designed to help pay some of the out-of-pocket costs that you’d otherwise be

responsible for in the Original Medicare program (Parts A and B), depending on the policy you buy — for example, the 20 percent copays typically required for Part B services. If you are

enrolled in a Medicare Advantag

e plan, an insurer cannot sell you a Medigap policy.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "Which former U.S. president was the

first to receive a Medicare card?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "Lyndon B. Johnson", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Harry S. Truman", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Dwight

Eisenhower", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "On July 30, 1965 former President Harry S. Truman received the first Medicare card immediately after

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""} ] Quiz Progress 0 Correct 0 Incorrect Caption for

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Dena Bunis covered Medicare, health care, health policy and Congress. She also wrote the “Medicare Made Easy” column for the AARP Bulletin. An award-winning journalist, Bunis spent decades

working for metropolitan daily newspapers, including as Washington bureau chief for the Orange County Register and as a health policy and workplace writer for Newsday.

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