Quiz: Do You Know What Medicare Gives You for Free?

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Did you know Medicare fully covers many preventative screenings and vaccines for its beneficiaries?

While Medicare is an essential health program, very few services are truly "free." Most coverage includes premiums, deductibles, or copayments. The main exception is certain Part B preventive services, which cost you nothing out-of-pocket if your provider accepts assignment.

Don't worry if you miss a question — you can use the links below the quiz to brush up on Medicare's different parts, coverage rules, and costs.

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Donna joined Kiplinger as a personal finance writer in 2023. She spent more than a decade as the contributing editor of J.K.Lasser's Your Income Tax Guide and edited state specific legal treatises at ALM Media. She has shared her expertise as a guest on Bloomberg, CNN, Fox, NPR, CNBC and many other media outlets around the nation. She is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and the University at Buffalo.