2008 Medicare Part A
Part A is Hospital Insurance and covers costs associated with confinement in a hospital or skilled nursing facility.
| When you are hospitalized for: | Medicare Covers | You Pay |
| 1-60 Days | Most confinement costs after the required Medicare Deductible |
$1,024 Deductible |
| 61-90 Days | All eligible expenses, after the patient pays a per day coypayment. |
$256 A DAY COYPAYMENT
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| 91-150 Days | All eligible expenses, after the patient pays a per day coypayment. (These are Lifetime Reserve Days which may never be used again.) |
$512 A DAY COYPAYMENT
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| 151 Days or more | Nothing |
YOU PAY ALL COSTS |
| SKILLED
NURSING CONFINEMENT: When you are hospitalized for at least 3 days and enter a Medicare approved skilled nursing facility within 30 days after hospital discharge and are receiving skilled nursing care. |
All eligible expenses for the first 20 days; then all eligible expenses for days 21-100, after patient pays a per-day copayment. |
After 20 days $128 A DAY COPAYMENT
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