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What Are Your Medicare Choices?

Original Medicare — which you may already have — has traditionally been comprised of two parts:

• Medicare Part A is hospital insurance. It helps cover your inpatient care in hospitals, including critical access hospitals, hospices and skilled nursing facilities (excluding custodial or long-term care).
• Medicare Part B is optional medical insurance. It helps cover your doctors' services and outpatient care. It may also cover some physical, occupational therapy and home health care services that Part A doesn't cover.

You can also add prescription drug coverage.

• Medicare Part D is Medicare prescription drug coverage that may help you save on medications you are taking now - or those you may need in the future.
  
  There are two ways that you can receive Medicare prescription drug coverage:

• Medicare Advantage Plans with Medicare prescription drug coverage combine Medicare Parts A and B (hospital and medical insurance) with Medicare prescription drug coverage and/or other benefits such as vision and hearing coverage.
• Medicare Rx^SM Plans (prescription drug coverage only) let you add Medicare prescription drug coverage to your existing Medicare Part A and/or B coverage or Medicare Supplement (Medigap) Plan.

Which Medicare plans might be best for you? Click here for a quick comparison.

For more information, visit www.socialsecurity.gov or call the Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213. TTY/TDD users should call 1-800-325-0778.

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