Insurance, Medigap

A supplemental health insurance policy sold by private insurance companies and designed to pay for health care costs and services that are not paid for either by Medicare alone or by a combination of Medicare and existing private health insurance benefits. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)

Year introduced: 1992

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Tree Number(s): N03.219.521.576.343.539

MeSH Unique ID: D017054

Entry Terms:

• Medigap Policy
• Medigap Policies
• Policies, Medigap
• Policy, Medigap
• Medicare Supplement Insurance
• Medicare Supplemental Insurance
• Supplemental Insurance, Medicare
• Medigap Insurance

Previous Indexing:

• Insurance, Health (1977-1991)
• Medicare (1977-1991)

All MeSH Categories
Health Care Category
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Economics
Financing, Organized
Insurance
Insurance, Health
Insurance, Medigap