How Does Medicare Work With a Secondary Payer?
Many seniors in the United States take advantage of Medicare benefits exclusively to help pay for healthcare needs, but others still have access to private health insurance. Whether through a previous employer, a spouse or some other source, secondary insurance in addition to Medicare benefits can be very helpful. Many seniors find that they aren’t quite sure how Medicare coverage works with secondary insurance. How Medicare defines payers Medicare divides payment sources into payers. Medicare insurance is one payer, and each other source is a…