Medicare Supplement Plan A

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Medicare Supplement Plan A covers the basic set of benefits. These basic benefits include most Medicare Part A and B coinsurance amounts, blood, and additional hospital benefits not covered by Original Medicare.

All insurance companies that sell Medigap policies must offer Plan A. Plan A is often the least expensive of the Medigap plans. In certain states, people under 65 years of age can only enroll in Plan A. According to CSG Actuarial, Plan A and Plan B combined account for 3% of all Medicare Supplement plans sold.

Part A Hospital Coinsurance

  • Plan A pays for the Part A co-insurance.
  • Days 61-90 of a hospital stay in each Medicare benefit period.
  • Days 91-150 of a hospital stay. Medicare will only pay for these 60 days once during your lifetime.
  • In other words, Plan A will pay for the 20% co-insurance if you are in the hospital for more than 60 days.

Additional Part A Hospital Benefits

  • An extra 365 days of inpatient hospital care after you use your Original Medicare hospital benefits.

Part B Coinsurance

  • Pays for the Part B coinsurance after you meet your annual deductible. In other words, once you pay $203 out of pocket, the plan will pay 100% for the rest of the year. The Part B Deductible is $203 in 2021.

Part A and B Blood Coverage

  • Pays for the first three pints of blood per calendar year.

Part A Hospice Coinsurance

  • Pays for outpatient prescriptions drug and also inpatient respite care coinsurance.

Medicare Supplement Plan A does not pay for the Part A deductible nor the Part B deductible. The Part A deductible is $1,484 in 2021. The Part B deductible is $203 in 2021.

Plan A Enrollment by State

The following data is provided by Ahip.org and it is as of December 31, 2017:

  • New York had 14,284 people enrolled in Plan A. Plans F, C and also N had more enrollees.
  • Michigan had 11,141 people enrolled in Plan A. Plans C, F, G and also N had more people enrolled.
  • Florida had 10,502 people enrolled in Plan A. Plans B, D, C, F, G and also N had more enrollees.
  • Texas had 8,361 people enrolled in Plan A. Plans C, F, G and also N had more enrollees.
  • Pennsylvania had 8,077 people enrolled in Plan A.
  • New Jersey had 7,446 people enrolled in Plan A.
  • California had 6,576 people enrolled in Medicare Supplement Plan A.
  • Illinois had 6,021 people enrolled in Medigap Plan A.
  • Maryland had 5,715 people enrolled in Plan A.
  • North Carolina had 4,752 people enrolled in Medicare Supplement Plan A.
  • Indiana had 4,632 people enrolled in Medigap Plan A.
  • Arizona had 4,033 people enrolled in Medicare Supplement Plan A.
  • Ohio had 3,831 people enrolled in Plan A.
  • South Carolina had 3,804 people enrolled in Medigap Plan A.

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