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To: i-node who wrote (508778)	8/28/2009 9:45:52 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 1575596

Check Medicare and tell me about other "private plans" and then tell me where they get funding.. A "private plan" is a written agreement between you and the provider who has decided not to provide services through Medicare. The private contract only applies to the services provided by the doctor who asked you to sign it. If you go into contract with a doc Medicare won't pay any amount you get from this doctor. You will have to pay. Said doctor must tell you if Medicare would pay for the service if you got it from another doctor who accepts Medicare. PPO's and HMO's plus a few others are included in MA plans.