Medicare Part A (2009)
Part A is Hospital Insurance and covers cost associated with confinement in a hospital or skilled nursing facility.
| When you are hospitalized for: |
Medicare Covers | You Pay |
| 1-60 Days | Most confinement costs after the required Medicare Deductible | $1068 Part A Deductible |
| 61-90 Days | All eligible expenses, after the patient pays a per-day copayment. |
$267/Day |
| 91-150 Days | All eligible expenses, after patient pays per-day copayment. (These Are Liftetime Reserve Days Which may never be used again.) |
$534/Day |
| 151 days or more | Nothing |
You Pay All Cost |
| Skilled Nursing Confinement: When you are hospitalized for at least 3 days and enter a Medicare Approved skilled nursing facility within 30 days after a hospital discharge and are receiving skilled nursing care. |
All eligible expenses for the first 20 days; then all eligible expenses, (if you qualify), for days 21-100, after patient pays a per day copayment. |
After 20 days |