In general, Medicare Part A helps pay for inpatient care you get in hospitals, critical access hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities. It also helps cover hospice care and some home health care.

You’ll need your Medicare Number to create your secure Medicare account here on Medicare.gov, join a plan, or buy supplemental insurance. Generally, you can only drop Part A (Hospital Insurance) if you …

Understand the parts of Medicare: Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D and Medigap, and how they relate to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage. This page compares Medicare vs. Medicaid.

If you're in a Medicare Advantage Plan or other Medicare plan, your plan may have different rules. But your plan must give you at least the same coverage as Original Medicare.

A type of Medicare-approved health plan from a private company that you can choose to cover most of your Part A and Part B benefits instead of Original Medicare.

Part A (Hospital Insurance) Part A covers inpatient hospital stays, skilled nursing facility care, hospice care, and some home health care.

Original Medicare includes Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance). Original Medicare covers things like inpatient hospital care, doctors’ services and tests, …

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Por lo general, la Parte A de Medicare ayuda a pagar la atención hospitalaria que recibe en hospitales, hospitales de acceso crítico y centros de enfermería especializada.

Medicare Part A covers SNF care for a limited time, under certain conditions. Skilled care is often given in a nursing home, but Medicare Part A doesn’t cover long-term or custodial care in a nursing home.