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Original Medicare Plan

Original Medicare Plan: Participating Provider, Non-Participating Provider, and Private Contract

Photo If you enroll in the Original Medicare Plan, you may choose your own doctors, specialists, hospitals, and other providers. The choices you make will determine the amount of money you pay for services and supplies.

When selecting providers, you will need to determine if they participate in Medicare. A provider may request that you sign a private contract, although this is an unusual situation.

Let's review these situations in more detail.

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Last Updated 11/02/2004