Coverage

What Benefits Does Original Medicare Cover?

Name: Original Medicare Benefits & Coverage | MedicareAdvantage.com
Creator: Christian Worstell
Published: 2023-08-10

by Christian Worstell
August 10, 2023
Reviewed by John Krahnert

Each part of Original Medicare provides different benefits. Part A provides hospital coverage and Part B provides medical coverage.

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Part A benefits

Medicare Part A is hospital coverage that covers the following services:

Inpatient hospital stays
Hospice care
Skilled nursing facility care
Nursing home care
Limited home health services

Part B benefits

Medicare Part B generally covers a wide range of non-emergency medical services, including the following:

Certain doctors services
Ambulance services
Durable medical equipment
Preventative services
Mental health services

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About the author

Christian Worstell is a senior Medicare and health insurance writer with MedicareAdvantage.com. He is also a licensed health insurance agent. Christian is well-known in the insurance industry for the thousands of educational articles he’s written, helping Americans better understand their health insurance and Medicare coverage.

Christian’s work as a Medicare expert has appeared in several top-tier and trade news outlets including Forbes, MarketWatch, WebMD and Yahoo! Finance.

Christian has written hundreds of articles for MedicareAvantage.com that teach Medicare beneficiaries the best practices for navigating Medicare. His articles are read by thousands of older Americans each month. By better understanding their health care coverage, readers may hopefully learn how to limit their out-of-pocket Medicare spending and access quality medical care.

Christian’s passion for his role stems from his desire to make a difference in the senior community. He strongly believes that the more beneficiaries know about their Medicare coverage, the better their overall health and wellness is as a result.

A current resident of Raleigh, Christian is a graduate of Shippensburg University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

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