What Part B covers
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) helps cover 2 types of services:
- Medically necessary services: Services or supplies that meet accepted standards of medical practice to diagnose or treat your medical condition.
- Preventive services: Health care to prevent illness (like the flu) or detect it at an early stage when treatment is likely to work best.
You pay nothing for most preventive services if you get the services from a health care provider who accepts assignment .
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