Monday Medicare Series Part 3: What Does Medicare Cover?

Print this entryWritten by Alex M. Hendler, Founder, Ontolawgy, LLC This is the third part of a 4-part series about Medicare. This part describes what Medicare covers. There are links throughout these posts to some of the laws and policies that dictate how Medicare works. You don’t have to follow those links to understand what’s going on, but they may help you to understand why it can be difficult to get a straight answer about what Medicare does and doesn’t do, and how much it could cost you At a very basic level, “no [Medicare] payment may be made . . . which . . . are not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member.” That clears it up, doesn’t it? Don’t worry if you’re confused at this point: you’re in very good company. What Medicare covers depends on ...