Definition of Medigap

1. Proper noun. (American English) A type of medical insurance for expenses not covered under Medicare. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Medigap

1. a supplemental health insurance [n -S]

Medical Definition of Medigap

1. An insurance policy in the United States that supplements medicare benefits and presumably fills the gaps in healthcare coverage. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medigap

mediety
medieval
medieval Schoolman
medieval mode
medievaldom
medievalism
medievalisms
medievalist
medievalists
medievality
medievalize
medievally
medievals
medifixed
medifurca
medigap
medigaps
mediglacial
medigoxin
medii
medimnus
medina
medina epoch
medinas
medio-
mediocarpal
medioccipital
mediocer
mediocolic sphincter
mediocracies

Literary usage of Medigap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"On average, medigap policyholders use at least 25 percent more services than they would ... However, the federal government through Medicare and not medigap ..."

2. Guide to Health Insurance for People with Medicare by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Medigap policies that pay some of the amounts that Medicare does not pay for covered services and which may pay for certain services not covered by Medicare ..."

3. Medicare Managed Care: Securing Beneficiary Protections by Geraldine Dallek (1998)
"However, Prudential may impose a three- month wait for coverage of pre-existing conditions and will not sell Medigap prescription drug plans to individuals ..."

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