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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Are you sure they said "supplement plans"? As I understand it, a supplement plan will never cover anything that is not covered by traditional Medicare. The only thing they cover is the 20 percent coinsurance after Medicare has approved the claim and paid the other 80 percent. Supplement plans are not set up to cover anything else. If traditional Medicare rejects a claim, a supplement will pay nothing.
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