What services are not covered under either Medicare Part A or Part B?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
Medicare does not cover everything. Items and services that are not covered include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Acupuncture
• Deductibles, coinsurance, or copayments when you get healthcare services
• Dental care and dentures (with only a few exceptions)
• Cosmetic surgery
• Custodial care at home or in a nursing home
• Eye refractions
• Healthcare you get while traveling outside of the United States
• Hearing aids and hearing exams for the purpose of fitting a hearing aid
• Hearing tests (other than for fitting a hearing aid) that have not been ordered by your doctor
• Long-term care, such as custodial care in a nursing home
• Orthopedic shoes (with only a few exceptions)
• Routine foot care such as cutting of corns or calluses (with only a few exceptions)
• Routine eye care and most eyeglasses
• Nonpreventative screening tests and screening laboratory tests (some exceptions apply).
• Shots (vaccinations) (some exceptions apply)
• Some diabetic supplies (like syringes or insulin unless the insulin is used with an insulin pump or you join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan)
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