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Other Medicare Rights - Medicare and You Handbook - A Guide to Medicare


Other Medicare Rights

 In addition, you have rights to

  • get information.
  • get emergency room or urgently needed care services.
  • see doctors, specialists (including women's health specialists), and go to Medicare-certified hospitals.
  • participate in treatment decisions.
  • know your treatment choices.
  • get information in a culturally competent manner in certain circumstances (for example, get information in languages other than English from Medicare, and its providers and contractors).
  • file complaints (for example, you may file quality of care complaints).
  • nondiscrimination (see You Are Protected from Discrimination ).
  • have your personal and health information kept private.


(Primary Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Medicare and You Handbook. This content may have been enhanced by this site to include further examples, explanations, and links.)