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Originally Posted by wendyquat
The Medicare Advantage Plan is considered a "C" plan.
When I was approached about changing to Medicare Advantage I called my Cardiologists in Spanish Springs and they told me they had been "dumped" from participation as of December 31 and could not participate. That was good enough for me to stay with my current UHC Plan F.
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Many years ago when I first entered the health insurance industry we used to refer to the private "Medigap" insurance as "Part C". Medicare Part A pays for inpatient hospital bills and Part B pays for hospital outpatient and professional services. Now "C" refers to one of standardized MedSup benefits. CMS developed the standard benefit plan designations to help beneficiaries compare cost between insurance carriers on an apples to apples basis. As a previous poster stated, pick the benefit plan most suitable for you and then choose the carrier with the lowest cost.