Subject: Re: The Intractable Reason House Is Shut Down
"supplement" is the new name for "medigap". The other option is Medicare advantage. As has been noted, the advantage plans look great and tend to be very low cost, but often don't cover as much expensive care. To make things extra confusing the supplement plans also have letter names, just like Medicare A, B, C, and D.

As an anecdote, my mom had an advantage plan. We checked her into a PT rehab after her stroke and they said since she had Medicare everything was covered. After checkout we received a bill for thousands of dollars, because the advantage plan refused to cover her rehab.

Alan: Medicare, supplement plan G, Pay for part B, and pay for Part D for drugs
--> complicated but much cheaper than my previous private pay plan.