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Mrs. West wears glasses and dentures and has enjoyed
considerable pain relief from arthritis through massage
therapy. She is concerned about whether or not Medicare
will cover these items and services. What should you tell
her?
Answer- Medicare does not cover massage therapy, or, in
general, glasses or dentures.
Ms. Gibson recently lost her employer group health and
drug coverage and now she wants to enroll in a PPO that
does not include drug coverage. What should you tell her
about obtaining drug coverage?
Answer- She can enroll in the PPO, but she will not be
able to purchase a stand-alone Medicare Part D
prescription drug plan.
, Mrs. Radford asks whether there are any special
eligibility requirements for Medicare Advantage. What
should you tell her?
Answer- Mrs. Radford must be entitled to Part A and
enrolled in Part B to enroll in Medicare Advantage.
Mr. Barker enjoys a comfortable retirement income. He
recently had surgery and expected that he would have
certain services and items covered by the plan with
minimal out-of-pocket costs because his MA-PD
coverage has been very good. However, when he received
the bill, he was surprised to see large charges in excess of
his maximum out-of-pocket limit that included some
services and items he thought would be fully covered. He
called you to ask what he could do? What could you tell
him?
Answer- You can offer to review the plans appeal process
to help him ask the plan to review the coverage decision.
Mr. Sanchez has just turned 65 and is entitled to Part A
but has not enrolled in Part B because he has coverage