My husband uses the VA and has Medicare and a Medigap policy. The VA does not bill Medicare but it does the Medigap. Apparently Medicare gives them a chunk of money to run their program like managed care. I am only surmising this from what we were told when we asked. They use the amount medicare would pay to figure the amount to bill the medigap policy and then accept the payment of Medigap. We must pay $50 every time we see a VA doctor, minus what the Medigap policy reimburses them. He doesn't have Medicare part D, the reason we have stuck with the VA. Our drugs are at a reduced rate. We are very pleased with the care he has gotten and the convenience of accessing his medical history wherever we are in the US if we go to a VA center.
Last edited by borjo; 03-08-2014 at 08:35 PM.
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