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Medicare is state sponsored wellbeing insurance especially for the people of 65 years of age and above. Medicare supplement insurance helps you pay some of the costs over the health care like deductibles and other hospital bills. Although Medicare supplement insurance plans are for the person above 65 but there are some exceptions for the disables and kidney patients below the age limit. There are basically four types of insurance plans, namely, Medicare part A, Part B, part C and part D. Medicare Part A is for paying off nursing facilities, long term hospitality care and rehabilitation facilities.

For assistance in paying the doctor fees and other outpatient facilities, Medicare part B is chosen. This insurance plan pays off about 80 percent of your Medical expenses. Medicare part C moves the Medicare facilities of the patient from Government insurance to the private one. The benefits provided by this plan may vary from one year to another and also from one patient to another. Last comes the Medicare part D which is very much similar to the Medicare part C insurance plan but is run by the private insurance entities. This plan assists in prescription medications and provides a private insurer.

Medicare supplements are very beneficial to the people and are available from Mutual of Omaha, AARP, United Health Care, Aetna and many others. Although there are medical supplements provided by different companies but the Medicare supplements rule the market. All the Medicare insurance plans are available at affordable premiums so that your medical insurance is not a burden over the budget of your family. If you are facing problem in deciding the appropriate insurance plan for you and your family then you can take the help of your doctor by showing him your Medicare Supplement card. You can also find your supplement premium rate online. Since the Medicare insurance plans help in covering the gaps in Medicare so the company is sometimes known as Medigap. So if you are a senior citizen and looking for a supplement insurance plan, Medicare is the best choice one can make.