Note: Add the following text in a bold or contrasting color if the plan is a Medicare supplement insurance - high deductible plan as defined at sub. (5t) (k): This high deductible plan offers benefits after one has paid a calendar year [$2000] deductible. This deductible consists of expenses that would ordinarily be paid by the policy. This includes the Medicare deductibles for Part A and Part B, but does not include the plan’s separate foreign travel emergency deductible.
SERVICES
PER BENEFIT PERIOD
MEDICARE PAYS
[AFTER YOU PAY A
$[ ] DEDUCTIBLE]

THIS POLICY PAYS
YOU PAY
HOSPITALIZATION
Semiprivate room and board, general nursing and miscellaneous hospital services and supplies.
First 60 days
All but $ [current deductible]
$0 or
[V OPTIONAL PART A DEDUCTIBLE RIDER* (for non-high deductible plans)]
[V PART A DEDUCTIBLE RIDER* (for high deductible plans)]
V OPTIONAL MEDICARE 50% PART A DEDUCTIBLE RIDER***
61st to 90th days
All but $ [current amount] per day
$ [current amount] per day
91st day and after while using 60 lifetime reserve days
All but $ [current amount] per day
$ [current amount] per day
Once lifetime reserve days are used:
Additional 365 days
$0
100% of Medicare
eligible expenses**
Beyond the additional 365 days
$0
$0
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY CARE
You must meet Medicare’s requirements, including having been in a hospital for at least 3 days and entered a Medicare-approved facility within 30 days after leaving the hospital
First 20 days
All approved amounts
$0
21st through 100th day
All but $ [current amount] per day
Up to $[ ] a day
101st day and after
$[0]
$0
INPATIENT
PSYCHIATRIC CARE
Inpatient psychiatric care in a participating psychiatric hospital
190 days per lifetime
175 days per lifetime
BLOOD
First 3 pints
$0
First 3 pints
Additional amounts
100%
$0
HOSPICE CARE
Available as long as your doctor certifies you are terminally ill and you elect to receive these services.
All but very limited coinsurance or
copayment for

outpatient drugs and inpatient respite care
$0 or [ ]% of coinsurance or copayments
* These are optional riders. You purchased this benefit if the box is checked and you paid the premium.
** NOTICE: When your Medicare Part A hospital benefits are exhausted, the issuer stands in the place of Medicare and will pay whatever amount Medicare would have paid as provided in the policy’s “Core Benefits."
*** This optional rider may reduce your premium when you pay 50% of Medicare Part A deductible.
MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT POLICIES – PART B BENEFITS
Note: Issuers should include only the wording that applies to their policy’s “This Policy Pays" column and complete the “You Pay" column.
Note: Add the following text in a bold or contrasting color if the plan is a Medicare supplement insurance-high deductible plan as defined at sub. (5t) (k): This high deductible plan offers benefits after one has paid a calendar year [$2000] deductible. This deductible consists of expenses that would ordinarily be paid by the policy. This includes the Medicare deductibles for Part A and Part B, but does not include the plan’s separate foreign travel emergency deductible.
MEDICARE PART B BENEFITS
PER CALENDAR YEAR
MEDICARE PAYS

THIS POLICY PAYS
YOU PAY
MEDICAL EXPENSES
Eligible expense for
physician’s services,

in-patient and out-patient medical services and
supplies, physical and speech therapy, diagnostic tests, durable medical

equipment
First $[ ] of Medicare approved amounts*
$0
$0
Remainder of Medicare approved amounts
Generally 80%
Generally 20%
[V OPTIONAL MEDICARE PART B EXCESS CHARGES RIDER** (for non-high deductible plans)]
[V MEDICARE PART B EXCESS CHARGES RIDER** (for high deductible plans)]
[V OPTIONAL FOREIGN TRAVEL EMERGENCY RIDER** (non-high deductible plans)]
[V FOREIGN TRAVEL EMERGENCY RIDER** (for high-deductible plans)]
BLOOD
First 3 pints
$0
All costs
Next $[ ] of Medicare approved amounts*
$0
[$]
Remainder of Medicare approved amounts
80%
20%
CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES
Tests for diagnostic services
100%
$0
HOME HEALTH CARE
100% of charges for visits considered medically necessary by Medicare
40 visits
or
V OPTIONAL
ADDITIONAL HOME HEALTH CARE RIDER**
FOREIGN TRAVEL—
NOT COVERED BY MEDICARE
Medically necessary emergency care services beginning during the first 60 days of each trip outside the USA
First $250 each calendar year
[$0]
$250
20% and amounts over the $50,000 lifetime maximum
Remainder of charges
80% to a lifetime maximum benefit of $50,000
[PREVENTIVE MEDICAL CARE BENEFIT—
NOT COVERED BY MEDICARE
Some annual physical and preventive tests and services administered or ordered by your doctor when not covered by Medicare.]*
[First $120 each
calendar year]
[$0]
[$120]
[Additional charges]
[$0]
[$0] or $[dollar amount]
* Once you have been billed [$ ] of Medicare approved amounts for covered services (that are noted with an asterisk), your Medicare Part B deductible will have been met for the calendar year.
** These are optional riders. You purchased this benefit if the box is checked and you paid the premium.
*** This is an optional rider that may decrease your premium when you pay copayments for medical and emergency room visits.
SECTION 82. Ins 3.39 Appendix 4 is renumbered Appendix 4m and Appendix 4m (title), as renumbered, is amended to read:
Ins 3.39 APPENDIX 44m (title)
OUTLINE OF COVERAGE
(COMPANY NAME)
OUTLINE OF MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE
(The designation and caption required by sub. (5m) (g) 1. and (h) 1.)
SECTION 83. Ins 3.39 Appendix 4t is created to read:
Ins 3.39 APPENDIX 4t
OUTLINE OF COVERAGE
(COMPANY NAME)
OUTLINE OF MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT 50% and 25% COST-SHARING PLANS
(The designation required by sub. (5t) (g) 1. and (h) 1.)
You will pay [half or one quarter] the cost-sharing of some covered services until you reach the annual out-of-pocket limit of $[ ] each calendar year. The amounts that count toward your annual out-of-pocket limit are noted with diamonds (?) in the chart below. Once you reach the annual out-of-pocket limit, the policy plays 100% of your Medicare copayment and coinsurance for the rest of the calendar year. However, this limit does NOT include charges from your provider that exceed Medicare approved amounts (these are called “Excess Charges") and you will be responsible for paying this difference in the amount charged by your provider and the amount paid by Medicare for the item or service.
MEDICARE COST-SHARING PART A – HOSPITAL SERVICES – PER BENEFIT PERIOD
Note: Issuers should include only the wording that applies to their policy’s “This Policy Pays" column and complete the “You Pay" column.
A benefit period begins on the first day you receive service as an inpatient in a hospital and ends after you have been out of the hospital and have not received skilled care in any other facility for 60 days in a row.
SERVICES
PER BENEFIT PERIOD
MEDICARE PAYS
[AFTER YOU PAY A
$[ ] DEDUCTIBLE]

THIS POLICY PAYS
YOU PAY
HOSPITALIZATION
Semiprivate room and board, general nursing and miscellaneous hospital services and supplies.
First 60 days
All but $ [current deductible]
$[ ] (50% or 75% of Medicare Part A
deductible.)
61st to 90th days
All but $ [current amount] per day
$ [current amount] per day
91st day and after while using 60 lifetime reserve days
All but $ [current amount] per day
$ [current amount] per day
Once lifetime reserve days are used:
Additional 365 days
$0
100% of Medicare
eligible expenses**
Beyond the additional 365 days
$0
$0
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY CARE
You must meet Medicare’s requirements, including having been in a hospital for at least 3 days and entered a Medicare approved facility within 30 days after leaving the hospital
First 20 days
All approved amounts
$0
21st through 100th day
All but $ [current amount] per day
Up to $[ ] a day
101st day and after
$0
$0
INPATIENT
PSYCHIATRIC CARE
Inpatient psychiatric care in a participating psychiatric hospital
190 days per lifetime
175 days per lifetime
BLOOD
First 3 pints
$0
[50% or 75%]
Additional amounts
100%
$0
HOSPICE CARE
Available as long as your doctor certifies you are terminally ill and you elect to receive these services.
All but very limited coinsurance or
copayment for

outpatient drugs and inpatient respite care
[50% or 75%] of
coinsurance or

copayments
** NOTICE: When your Medicare Part A hospital benefits are exhausted, the issuer stands in the place of Medicare and will pay whatever amount Medicare would have paid as provided in the policy’s “Core Benefits."
MEDICARE COST-SHARING POLICIES – PART B BENEFITS
Note: Issuers should include only the wording that applies to their policy’s “This Policy Pays" column and complete the “You Pay" column.
MEDICARE PART B BENEFITS
PER CALENDAR YEAR
MEDICARE PAYS

THIS POLICY PAYS
YOU PAY
MEDICAL EXPENSES
Eligible expense for
physician’s services,
in-patient and out-patient medical services and

supplies, physical and speech therapy, diagnostic tests, durable medical

equipment
First $[ ] of Medicare approved amounts*
$0
$0
Preventive Benefits for Medicare covered services
Generally 75% or more of Medicare approved amounts
Remainder of Medicare approved amounts
Remainder of Medicare approved amounts
Generally 80%
Generally [10% or 15%]
BLOOD
First 3 pints
$0
[50% or 75%]
Next $[ ] of Medicare approved amounts*
$0
$0
Remainder of Medicare approved amounts
Generally 80%
Generally [10% or 15%]
CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES
Tests for diagnostic services
100%
$0
HOME HEALTH CARE
100% of charges for visits considered medically necessary by Medicare
40 visits or
V OPTIONAL
ADDITIONAL HOME HEALTH CARE RIDER**
[PREVENTIVE MEDICAL CARE BENEFIT –
NOT COVERED BY MEDICARE
Some annual physical and preventive tests and services administered or ordered by your doctor when not
covered by Medicare.]*
[First $120 each
calendar year]
[$0]
[$120]
[Additional charges]**
[$0]**
[$0] or $[dollar amount]**
* Once you have been billed [$ ] of Medicare approved amounts for covered services (that are noted with an asterisk), your Medicare Part B deductible will have been met for the calendar year.
** These are optional riders. You purchased this benefit if the box is checked and you paid the premium.
SECTION 84. Ins 3.39 Appendix 5 is renumbered Appendix 5m and Appendix 5m (title), as renumbered, is amended to read:
Ins 3.39 APPENDIX 55m
OUTLINE OF COVERAGE
SECTION 85. Ins 3.39 Appendix 5t is created to read:
Ins 3.39 APPENDIX 5t
OUTLINE OF COVERAGE
(COMPANY NAME)
OUTLINE OF MEDICARE SELECT INSURANCE AND
MEDICARE SELECT 50% and 25% COST-SHARING PLANS
(The designation and caption required by sub. (30t) (i) 8. and 9., or the designation required by
sub. (30t) (r) 1. and (s) 1.)
Note: Add the following text if the policy is a Medicare Select 50% or 25% Cost-Sharing Plan: You will pay [half or one quarter] the cost-sharing of some covered services until you reach the annual out-of-pocket limit of $[ ] each calendar year. The amounts that count toward your annual out-of-pocket limit are noted with diamonds (?) in the chart below. Once you reach the annual limit, the policy plays 100% of your Medicare copayment and coinsurance for the rest of the calendar year. However, this limit does NOT include charges from your provider that exceed Medicare approved amounts (these are called “Excess Charges"), and you will be responsible for paying this difference in the amount charged by your provider and the amount paid by Medicare for the item or service.
MEDICARE SELECT PART A – HOSPITAL SERVICES – PER BENEFIT PERIOD
Note: Issuers should include only the wording that applies to their policy’s “This Policy Pays" column and complete the “You Pay" column.
A benefit period begins on the first day you receive service as an inpatient in a hospital and ends after you have been out of the hospital and have not received skilled care in any other facility for 60 days in a row.
SERVICES
PER BENEFIT PERIOD
MEDICARE PAYS
[AFTER YOU PAY A
$[ ] DEDUCTIBLE]

THIS POLICY PAYS
YOU PAY
HOSPITALIZATION
Semiprivate room and board, general nursing and miscellaneous hospital services and supplies.
First 60 days
All but $ [current deductible]
$0 or [ ]% of Medicare Part A deductible
61st to 90th days
All but $ [current amount] per day
$ [current amount] per day
91st day and after while using 60 lifetime reserve days
All but $ [current amount] per day
$ [current amount] per day
Once lifetime reserve days are used:
Additional 365 days
$0
100% of Medicare
eligible expenses**
Beyond the additional 365 days
$0
$0
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY CARE
You must meet Medicare’s requirements, including having been in a hospital for at least 3 days and entered a Medicare approved facility within 30 days after leaving the hospital
First 20 days
All approved amounts
$0
21st through 100th day
All but $ [current amount] per day
Up to $[ ] a day
101st day and after
$0
$0
INPATIENT
PSYCHIATRIC CARE
Inpatient psychiatric care in a participating psychiatric hospital
190 days per lifetime
175 days per lifetime
BLOOD
First 3 pints
$0
[3 pints] or [ ] %
Additional amounts
100%
$0
HOSPICE CARE
Available as long as your doctor certifies you are terminally ill and you elect to receive these services.
All but very limited coinsurance or
copayment for

outpatient drugs and inpatient respite care
$0 or [ ]% of coinsurance or copayments
** NOTICE: When your Medicare Part A hospital benefits are exhausted, the issuer stands in the place of Medicare and will pay whatever amount Medicare would have paid as provided in the policy’s “Core Benefits."
MEDICARE SELECT POLICIES – PART B BENEFITS
Note: Issuers should include only the wording that applies to their policy’s “This Policy Pays" column and complete the “You Pay" column.
MEDICARE PART B BENEFITS
PER CALENDAR YEAR
MEDICARE PAYS

THIS POLICY PAYS
YOU PAY
MEDICAL EXPENSES
Eligible expense for
physician’s services,

in-patient and out-patient medical services and

supplies, physical and speech therapy, diagnostic tests, durable medical

equipment
First $[ ] of Medicare approved amounts
$0
$0
[Preventive Benefits for Medicare covered services**]
[Generally [ ]% or more of Medicare approved amounts**]
[Remainder of Medicare approved amounts**]
Remainder of Medicare approved amounts
Generally 80%
Generally [10% or 15%]
BLOOD
First 3 pints
$0
[ ]%
Next $[ ] of Medicare approved amounts*
$0
$0
Remainder of Medicare approved amounts
Generally 80%
Generally [10% or 15%]
CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES
Tests for diagnostic services
100%
$0
HOME HEALTH CARE
100% of charges for visits considered medically necessary by Medicare
365 visits for medically necessary services
[PREVENTIVE MEDICAL CARE BENEFIT –
NOT COVERED BY MEDICARE
Some annual physical and preventive tests and services administered or ordered by your doctor when not
covered by Medicare.]*
[First $120 each
calendar year]
[$0]
[$120]
[Additional charges]**
[$0]**
[$0] or $[dollar amount]**
* Once you have been billed [$ ] of Medicare approved amounts for covered services (that are noted with an asterisk), your Medicare Part B deductible will have been met for the calendar year.
** NOTE: Issuers should include in the outline of coverage the appropriate preventive benefit based upon whether or not the policy is a cost-sharing policy.
SECTION 86. Ins 3.39 Appendix 6 is amended to read:
Ins 3.39 APPENDIX 6
[NOTICE OF CHANGE FOR OUTLINE OF COVERAGE]
[FOR APPLICANTS FIRST ELIGIBLE FOR COVERAGE PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 2010.]
(COMPANY NAME)
NOTICE OF CHANGES IN MEDICARE AND YOUR [MEDICARE
SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE REPLACEMENT COST] COVERAGE – 2_____
THE FOLLOWING CHART BRIEFLY DESCRIBES THE MODIFICATIONS IN MEDICARE AND IN YOUR [MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE REPLACEMENT COST] COVERAGE.
PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!
[Note: A brief description of the revisions to Medicare Parts A and B with a parallel description of supplemental benefits with subsequent changes, including dollar amounts, provided by the Medicare supplement or Medicare replacement cost coverage in substantially the following format.]
SERVICES
MEDICARE BENEFITS
YOUR [MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE REPLACEMENT COST]
COVERAGE
In 2____, Medicare Pays Per Benefit Period
Effective January 1, 2____, Medicare will Pay
In 2____, Your Coverage Pays
Effective January 1, 2____, Your Coverage will Pay Per Calendar Year
MEDICARE PART A SERVICES AND SUPPLIES
HOSPITALIZATION
Inpatient Hospital Services, Semi-Private Room & Board, Misc. Hospital Services & Supplies, such as Drugs, X-Rays, Lab Tests & Operating Room
All but $___ for the first 60 days/benefit period
All but $___ a day for 61st-90th days/benefit period
All but $___ a day for 91st day and after while using 60 lifetime reserve days
$0 once lifetime reserve days are used: Additional 365 days
$0 beyond additional 365 days.
All but $___ for the first 60 days/benefit period
All but $___ a day for 61st-90th days/benefit period
All but $ [current amount] per day
$0 once lifetime reserve days are used: Additional 365 days
$0 beyond the additional 365 days.
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY CARE
Skilled nursing care in a facility approved by Medicare. Confinement must meet Medicare standards. You must have been in a hospital for at least 3 days and enter the facility within 30 days after discharge.
First 20 days 100% of costs
All but $___ (current amount per day) for the 21st - 100th day
$[0] of the 101st day and thereafter.
First 20 days 100% of costs
All but $___ (current amount per day) for the 21st - 100th day
$[0] of the 101st day and thereafter.
BLOOD
Pays all costs except payment of deductible (equal to costs for first 3 pints) each calendar year. Part A blood deductible reduced to the extent paid under Part B
$0 for first 3 pints.
100% of additional amounts
HOSPICE CARE
Available as long as your doctor certifies you are terminally ill and you elect to receive these services.
All but very limited coinsurance or
copayment for

outpatient drugs and inpatient respite care
$0 or [ ]% of coinsurance or copayments
All but very limited coinsurance or
copayment for

outpatient drugs and inpatient respite care
$0 or [ ]% of coinsurance or copayments
MEDICARE PART B SERVICES AND SUPPLIES
MEDICAL
EXPENSES
Eligible expense for physician’s services, medical services in and out patient, physical and speech therapy, diagnostic tests, and durable medical equipment.
After $[ ] deductible, generally 80% of remainder of Medicare approved amounts
After $[ ] deductible, generally 80% of remainder of Medicare approved amounts
Home Health Care
100% of charges for visits considered medically necessary by Medicare
40 visits
Preventive Medical Care Benefit
Some annual physical and preventive tests and services administered or ordered by your doctor when NOT covered by Medicare
$0
$0
$120
[Note: Describe any coverage provisions changing due to Medicare modifications. Include information about when premium adjustments that may be necessary due to changes in Medicare benefits will be effective.]
THIS CHART SUMMARIZES THE CHANGES IN YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS AND IN YOUR MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE COST] COVERAGE PROVIDED BY (COMPANY) ONLY BRIEFLY DESCRIBES SUCH BENEFITS. FOR INFORMATION ON YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS CONTACT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE OR THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES. FOR INFORMATION ON YOUR [MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE COST] POLICY CONTACT:
[COMPANY OR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL POLICY - NAME OF AGENT]
[ADDRESS/PHONE NUMBER]
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