Official Free Medicare Guides

Medicare & YOU and Other Official Free Guides to Medicare

Every year HHS and CMS put out a free guide to Medicare called “Medicare & YOU.” They also put out a number of other guides on various aspects of Medicare.^[1][2] Here is a list of popular Medicare guides from Medicare.Gov:

• Medicare and You [PDF, 3236 KB]
• Welcome to Medicare [PDF, 304 KB]
• Choosing a Medigap Policy
• Your Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home [PDF, 11183 KB]
• Guide to Choosing a Hospital [PDF, 676 KB]
• Medicare and Home Health Care [PDF, 1966 KB]
• Your Medicare  Benefits [PDF, 2820 KB]
• Medicare Coverage of Durable Medical Equipment and Other Devices [PDF, 646 KB]
• Your Discharge Planning Checklist [PDF, 276 KB]

Want more great official Medicare guides, check out Medicare.Gov’s section on ebooks https://www.medicare.gov/pub/popular-medicare-publications. These guides and e-books are updated each year for the most part, so don’t forget to check back each year!