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PRONUNCIATION OF MEDIGAP

medigap  [ˈmedɪˌɡæp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEDIGAP

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Medigap is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MEDIGAP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Medigap

Medigap refers to various private health insurance plans sold to supplement Medicare in the United States. Medigap insurance provides coverage for many of the co-pays and some of the co-insurance related to Medicare-covered hospital, skilled nursing facility, home health care, ambulance, durable medical equipment, and doctor charges. Medigap's name is derived from the notion that it exists to cover the difference or "gap" between the expenses reimbursed to providers by Medicare Parts A and B for the preceding named services and the total amount allowed to be charged for those services by the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. As of 2006, 18% of Medicare beneficiaries were covered by a Medigap policy. Public-option Part C Medicare Advantage health plans and private employee retiree insurance provides a similar supplemental role for almost all other Medicare beneficiaries not dual eligible for Medicaid.

Definition of medigap in the English dictionary

The definition of medigap in the dictionary is any of various private health insurance plans that supplement the coverage of the Medicare health insurance programme.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEDIGAP


airgap
ˈɛəˌɡæp
gap
ɡæp
stopgap
ˈstɒpˌɡæp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEDIGAP

medicolegal
medieval
Medieval Greek
Medieval History
Medieval Latin
medieval studies
medievalism
medievalist
medievalistic
medievally
medina
mediocracy
mediocre
mediocrities
mediocrity
meditate
meditation
meditative
meditatively
meditativeness

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEDIGAP

age gap
bridge a gap
communication gap
credibility gap
culture gap
deflationary gap
dollar gap
energy gap
financing gap
gender gap
generation gap
inflationary gap
leaf gap
spark gap
suckers´ gap
trade gap
truth-value gap
water gap
wind gap

Synonyms and antonyms of medigap in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «medigap» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEDIGAP

Find out the translation of medigap to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of medigap from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «medigap» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

medigap
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medigap
570 millions of speakers

English

medigap
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Medigap
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

medigap
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Медигэп
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

medigap
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

medigap
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

medigap
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Medigap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Medigap
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メディギャップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

메디 갭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Medigap
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Medigap
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Medigap
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिडीगॅप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Medigap
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

medigap
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Medigap
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Медігеп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Medigap
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Medigap
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Medigap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Medigap
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Medigap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of medigap

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEDIGAP»

The term «medigap» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.224 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEDIGAP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about medigap

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEDIGAP»

Discover the use of medigap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to medigap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Medigap Insurance: Insurers' Compliance with Federal Minimum ...
Monitors the value of Medicare supplemental insurance -- commonly called Medigap -- to policyholders through 1994. Audits compliance of Medigap policies with Federal loss ratio standards. Charts and tables.
DIANE Publishing Company, 1994
2
Medigap insurance : plans are widely available but have ...
expensive. Outside of the initial or special open-enrollment periods, access to any Medigap plan could depend on the individual's health, the insurer's willingness to offer coverage, and states' laws.19 Further, beneficiaries whose employer ...
3
Medigap Insurance: Insurers' Compliance with Federal Minimum ...
Insurers' Compliance with Federal Minimum Loss Ratio Standards, 1988-93 : Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives United States. General Accounting ...
United States. General Accounting Office, 1995
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Medigap Insurance: Expected 1990 Premiums After Repeal of ...
MEDIGAP LOSS RATIOS FOR 1988 In addition to concerns about increasing premiums for Medigap insurance, another area of congressional concern has been the percentage of Medigap premiums returned to policyholders in the form of ...
Janet Shikles, 1990
5
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
MILLIONS of senior citizens are "victims of a colossal racket" that costs them one billion dollars a year: the sale of medigap health insurance policies that are " unneeded, duplica- tive, and therefore essentially worthless." That charge isn't new.
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Health Care Politics and Policy in America
QMBs are limited to help with paying for Part B premiums and cost sharing while SLMBs are limited to help with Part B premiums.25 Medigap Another solution is private supplemental medical insurance, so-called medigap policies.
Kant Patel, Mark E. Rushefsky, 1999
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Consumer Guide to Long-term Care
MEDIGAP POLICIES Medicare covers a wide range of health care services and supplies, but there are a number of things it covers only partially or not at all— among them, the cost of long-term care in any facility other than a skilled nursing  ...
Gary Ilminen, 1999
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风险管理和保险导论: 第六版
Medicare supplement insurance, also known as Medigap insurance, is designed Medicare specifically to supplement benefits provided under the Medicare program.5 This coverage typically pays for such things as the various Medicare ...
多尔夫曼, Mark S. Dorfman, 1998
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Untitled
About 25 percent of fee-for-service enrollees buy medigap policies—individual insurance policies that are designed to cover most or all of Medicare's cost- sharing requirements. Some studies have found that medigap policyholders use at ...
10
A Case Manager's Study Guide: Preparing for Certification
There are also many medical services that Medicare does not cover; because of this, Medicare recipients sometimes buy a Medicare supplemental insurance ( Medigap) policy. ANSWER: D Medigap is private insurance designed to help pay  ...
Denise Fattorusso, Campion Quinn, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEDIGAP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term medigap is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Medicare's midlife crisis: Catastrophic finances pit doctors against …
... private insurance to cover anything beyond the size of the account, much like private Medigap plans currently cover Medicare's cost sharing. «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
2
Allsup Medicare Specialist Presents Educational Session For …
... Allsup Medicare Advisor, which provides a range of assistance with Medicare Advantage plans, Part D prescription drug plans, and Medigap, ... «Press Release Rocket, Jul 15»
3
The Pros and Cons of Medicare Advantage Plans
This feature allows Medicare Advantage participants to avoid having to get separate supplemental Medicare coverage, also known as Medigap ... «Motley Fool, Jul 15»
4
IN THIS CORNER: 3 Most Underestimated Risks for Retirement in …
From Medigap options to long-term care and hybrid insurance policies, considering coverage for one of the most significant expenses in ... «Scranton Times-Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Reality television star helps out
Roy Lacey also stopped by the event to discuss the Medigap. "We opted with the black and white because it doesn't matter, we should always ... «LocalNews8.com, Jul 15»
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Medigap policy provides some certainty
A Medigap policy provides some certainty. You pay the premium and know that if you incur covered expenses, the insurer will pay for them. «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
7
Blue Cross of Michigan to offer free identity protection plan
Those not eligible include those enrolled through Medicare Advantage, prescription drug coverage Part D, Medicaid or Medigap (supplemental ... «Crain's Detroit Business, Jul 15»
8
What Every Caregiver Needs to Know About Medicare
What is supplemental or “Medigap” insurance? Medicare doesn't pay for everything. Medigap supplemental insurance, depending on the ... «AARP News, Jul 15»
9
Single Payer and the Revolving Door
Those in the traditional Medicare program usually have supplemental retiree or Medigap plans with which they are satisfied, and thus they are ... «Single Payer Action, Jul 15»
10
Travel insurance for emergency medical care
There are supplemental plans such as Medicare Advantage and Medigap that can provide limited additional coverage, for more details visit ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»

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