AARP Medicare Question and Answer Tool

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En español | Medicare is often confusing because its rules affect different people in different circumstances.  AARP’s Medicare Question and Answer Tool offers practical and comprehensive

information to help you navigate the program according to your own situation. The tool clarifies eligibility and enrollment requirements and provides answers to questions on Medicare’s plan

options, coverage and costs in an easy-to-understand manner.

Choose a topic below and click “See all questions” to find the answers you are looking for.

Gain a deeper insight into plan choices and coverage costs, all in an easy-to-understand manner to help you make an informed decision.

Find out when you are eligible for Medicare, how to enroll, when to enroll, and how to choose the best plan for you.

Learn the different parts that drive the Medicare program and cover different health services such as hospital care, doctor services and prescription drugs.

Discover the different ways you can get your Medicare health and prescription drug coverage, such as Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and others.

If you have coverage from another source in addition to Medicare, these questions will guide you through how Medicare works with other health coverage.

Medicare covers a lot of your health care costs, but there are also premiums, other out-of-pocket costs, and options for people with limited incomes.

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