Different types of Medicare health plans

What's a Medicare health plan?

Generally, a Medicare health plan:

• Is offered by a private company
• Contracts with Medicare to provide Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) benefits
• Provides these benefits to people with Medicare who enroll in the plan

Medicare health plans include:

• Medicare Advantage Plans
• Other Medicare health plans
  • Medicare Cost Plans
  • Demonstrations/Pilot Programs
  • Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)