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Your Medicare Rights
If you have Medicare, you have certain guaranteed rights and protections. You have these rights whether you have the Original Medicare Plan (with or without a Medigap policy) or a Medicare Advantage Plan.

You have the right to:

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 Be treated with dignity and respect at all times
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 Be protected from discrimination
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 Get information about Medicare that you can understand to help you make health care decisions
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 Have your questions about the Medicare Program answered
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 Culturally competent services
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 Get emergency care when and where you need it
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 Learn about all of your treatment choices in clear language that you can understand
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 File a complaint
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 Know Your Medicare Appeal Rights
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 Have your health information that Medicare collects about you kept private
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 Know the health information privacy rights.

For additional information, visit www.medicare.gov or download the “Your Medicare Rights” booklet.
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