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Florida Medicare Supplement Insurance

Posted by Julia Gilels

While Original Medicare covers many health care costs and services, it does not cover things like coinsurance, copayments, and deductibles. These costs are considered "gaps" in your Medicare coverage, because you typically have to pay for them yourself. To help you cover these gaps, you may consider purchasing a Medigap insurance policy. Available through private insurance companies, Medigap policies can help you pay some of these out-of-pocket health care costs. Many policies also cover additional benefits and services not covered by Original Medicare.

Insurance companies are only allowed to sell you one Medigap policy. Currently, there are different standardized plans, referred to as "A", "B", "C", "D", "F", "F+", "G", "K", "L", "M", and "N" (MA, MN, WI have variation plans).

Because the policies are standardized, the benefits for a particular plan are the same for each company within a state. The primary difference will be the cost, but factors like underwriting and rating methodology can also vary from insurance company to insurance company.

Medigap Plan F in Florida is one of the most popular Plans. It offers the most coverage and convenience for the Medicare recipient. Medicare Supplement Plan F is also one of the few plans that has Medicare Part B Excess Charges Coverage. Even if your Physicians often charge more than what Medicare Parts A & B will pay them, this will cover those costs. Medicare Supplement Plan F gives you the most predictability of your health care dollars. With Medicare and Plan F in place, you can go to any doctor, any specialist or any hospital or facility in the United States, and never have an out of pocket expense.

Plan F Rates can vary by thousands of dollars per year between insurance companies. In Miami, a 73 year old male smoker can pay either $5178 with one company, or $3736 with another. Same Plan, Same Benefits, Just A Different Company and over $1500 more in savings! That’s an extra $125 per month to save or spend on something other than your Medigap Insurance.

The same 73 year old male smoker in Ocala can pay either $3936 or $2485 per year, a $1451 difference.

A 65 Year Old Female Non-smoker in Orlando can pay $3109 or $1986 per year. Could you use an extra $1123 per year?

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