With Medicare Health plans, you can ‘pay me now, or pay me later’. Pay me now = Medigap/Supplement. Pay me later = Medicare Advantage plans. ‘Medigap’ and ‘Medicare Supplement’ are interchangeable. (Before you read further, click here if you’d first like an over view of Medicare health plan basics: ‘Medicare Health Plans 101’.) It’s simple. Medigap plans [...]

This page is meant for people who are newly eligible for the Medicare health system, and would like a simple overview of Medicare health plans. I like to call Medigap/Medicare Supplement plans ‘pay me now’ plans, and Medicare Advantage plans ‘pay me later’ plans. This page explains the basics of Medicare health plans. You can [...]