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Madness and migraines? Side effects of trying to negotiate the Medicare maze

It’s been a while since I looked inside a can of alphabet soup, but that’s what we’re talking about in the big bowl of Medicare options. You have to get familiar with Parts A and B, and also Parts C and D. And then you’ve got the Medigap Plans, which supplement A and B and go all the way up through Plan N.

For clarification, I visited a Medicare website that offered comparisons of Plans A, B, C, D, F, G, K, L, M and N, along with this helpful tip: “The Medigap policy will only pay your coinsurance after you’ve paid the deductible (unless the Medigap policy also covers your deductible).”

I dont’ speak gibberish, but it doesn’t sound good. And I’m struck by what you don’t…

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