Medicare Made Easy Book

	Introduction	1
1	Understanding Medicare	6
2	The Basics	16
3	What Medicare Does (and Doesn't) Pay For	87
4	How to Pay for What Medicare Doesn't Cover	114
5	Negotiating with Your Doctor	137
6	Medicare and Hospitals	172
7	Nursing Homes, Home Health Care, and Medicare	199
8	If It Can Go Wrong, It Will	222
	App. A: Medicare Intermediaries and Carriers	267
	App. B: Medicare Claims Log	272
	App. C: State Insurance Offices	274
	App. D: NAIC Medicare Supplemental Insurance Standard Policies	278
	App. E: Explanation of Your Medicare Part B Benefits	280
	App. F: People's Medical Society Code of Practice	282
	App. G: Books for a People's Medical Library	283
	App. H: Durable Power of Attorney Forms and Living Wills	287
	App. I: Hospital Patient's Bill of Rights	296
	App. J: State Peer Review Organizations (PROs)	298
	App. K: State Nursing Home Licensure Offices	303
	App. L: Nursing Home Patient Bill of Rights	308
	App. M: State Agencies Regulating Home Health Care	310
	App. N: State Medicaid Offices	314
	App. O: State Long-Term-Care Ombudsman Offices	318
	Glossary	322
	Index	333