Try: Medicare only allows private insurance companies to sell certain types of medigap policies medicare regulates and determines the insurance policies that can be offered insurance companies can only offer one of the standard medigap policies you may be able to choose up to 12 different standardized medigap policies medigap plans a through l medigap policies must follow legal restrictions that are designed to protect enrollees and make comparisons easier each plan a through l has a different set of basic and extra benefits enrollees should consider their current coverage and what additional coverage they need when considering one of the plans enrollees should compare medigap policies because costs can vary while the benefits in any medigap plan a through l are the same for any insurance company the costs can differ plan a may cost more for one insurance company than another also each insurance company decides whether it wants to sell each of the different medigap policies resource for help selecting a medigap policy visit

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