Welcome to Medicare & You 2011......Page 2 Tools to Help You Find What You Need in This Handbook......Page 3 Want to Save?......Page 4 Index......Page 8 What You Need to Know in 2011......Page 12 The Different Parts of Medicare......Page 14 Your Medicare Coverage Choices at a Glance......Page 15 Where to Get Your Medicare Questions Answered......Page 16 Medicare Part A and Part B......Page 17 Signing Up for Part A and Part B......Page 18 How Much Does Part A Coverage Cost?......Page 24 How Much Does Part B Coverage Cost?......Page 25 Part A-Covered Services......Page 27 Part B-Covered Services......Page 30 Preventive Services Checklist......Page 45 What’s NOT Covered by Part A and Part B?......Page 46 Your Medicare Choices......Page 47 Need Help Deciding?......Page 48 Things to Consider When Choosing or Changing Your Coverage......Page 50 Original Medicare......Page 51 What You Pay......Page 52 Medigap (Medicare Supplement Insurance) Policies......Page 57 Medicare Advantage Plans (Part C)......Page 60 Who Can Join?......Page 63 What You Pay......Page 65 How Do Medicare Advantage Plans Work?......Page 66 Join, Switch, or Drop a Medicare Advantage Plan......Page 68 Other Medicare Health Plans......Page 70 Who Can Get Medicare Drug Coverage?......Page 72 Join, Switch, or Drop a Medicare Drug Plan......Page 73 What You Pay......Page 75 What is the Part D Late Enrollment Penalty?......Page 78 Important Drug Coverage Rules......Page 80 How Other Insurance Works with Medicare......Page 84 Get Help Paying Your Health and Prescription Drug Costs......Page 85 Extra Help Paying for Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage (Part D)......Page 86 Medicare Savings Programs (Help with Medicare Costs)......Page 90 State Pharmacy Assistance Programs (SPAPs)......Page 91 Children’s Health Insurance Program......Page 92 Protecting Yourself and Medicare......Page 93 Your Medicare Rights......Page 94 What is an Appeal?......Page 95 Appealing Your Medicare Drug Plan’s Decisions......Page 98 How Medicare Uses Your Personal Information......Page 102 Protect Yourself from Identity Theft......Page 104 Protect Yourself and Medicare from Fraud......Page 105 Planning Ahead......Page 109 Paying for Long-Term Care......Page 110 Advance Directives......Page 113 Helpful Resources and Tools......Page 115 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)......Page 116 State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP)......Page 117 Go Online to Get the Information You Need......Page 118 Compare the Quality of Plans and Providers......Page 119 Managing Your Health Information Online......Page 120 Caregiver Resources......Page 122 State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)......Page 123 Definitions......Page 127 2011 Medicare Costs......Page 131 Moving away from state categorizations on irregular migration, this Research Handbook critically examines processes and dynamics that generate and reproduce irregularity, and discusses who may count as an irregular migrant.
