Packerland
Guru
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We tell our agents to inform their client to always ask if the procedure is a Medicare Approved expense and if it is the supplement will pay their portion. We also caution the clients with with a med supplement to make sure that there facility or physician accepts Medicare assignment.I have a guy I work with made the mistake of saying, “if you buy a plan G, you only owe the Part B deductible and then you pay $0 the rest of the year.”
His client went to Mayo in Jax for blood work. She owed $900. I told him to never say everything is covered but to tell them that it’s covered when it’s Medicare approved charges.
$900. Plan G. Mayo. This was after Medicare paid and the Supp, and she was livid. He forgot that Medicare doesn’t cover annual physicals. And I guess they charge through the nose.