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Make sure to check into whether an advantage plan is the best option. Mayo Phoenix does not take advantage plans. I see other groups are starting to not take advantage. There is also a penalty if you do not sign up for the supplement at time of eligibility. My understanding the requirements for for a supplement are dictated to all carriers. Not really much shopping. I use Humana because they offer silver sneakers. My gym membership is covered. They have a zillion different drug plans. They are all different and different costs. One at $10 month might cover just as much as another at $40 month. Best to shop your drug plan.

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Mayo doesn't accept Medicare reimbursement rates but they accept Medicare. At least that is my understanding.

Mayo probably accepts Advantage Plans but those plans limit the network of providers you can see. You can probably go to Mayo but be faced with additional costs because of being out of network. Mayo might also charge more than the Medicare approved amounts for health care services so both of these factors would discourage me from going to Mayo if I had an Advantage Plan.

The following discussion talks about this. It is all very confusing. There is nothing about Medicare that is easy to explain or to understand.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/does-mayo-clinic-take-medicare/