Your rights in Original Medicare

If you have Original Medicare, you have the same rights and protections as all people with Medicare. In addition, you have the right to:

See any doctor or specialist (including women's health specialists), or go to any Medicare-certified hospital, that participates in Medicare.
Get certain information, notices, and appeal rights. These help you resolve issues when Medicare may not or doesn't pay for health care. Learn about notices of noncoverage.
Request an appeal of health coverage or payment decisions.
Buy a Medicare Supplement Insurance (
Medigap policy
).

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