Medigap policies are
a. government subsidized insurance policies for the elderly to cover long-term nursing home care.
b. supplemental government-funded insurance for the oldest-old (age 80 and up).
c. policies sold by private companies to provide health care protection that Medicare does not provide.
d. insurance policies provided by the government for people 55 years of age and older who choose to retire but do not yet qualify for Social Security.
ANSWER: c
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