Tips For Coordinating Medicare With Group Health Plans

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Tips For Coordinating Medicare With Group Health
Plans Medicare coverage is not all-inclusive and
can involve substantial out-of-pocket costs for
services, many individuals opt to either
supplement their Medicare coverage with a gap
policy which fills in where Medicare does not
provide full coverage. Another choices out to
choose from Medicare Part C, also known as the
medicare advantage plan, which is a wrap of Parts
A, B, C and D plus the gap coverage. If the
employee opts to continue with the
employer-sponsored plan, they have the right to
do so. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
prohibits employers from forcing an employee
over the age of 65 to leave to plan or to take a
plan with lower benefits than what the rest of
the group is offered.