The Medicare coverage that helps pay for medically necessary inpatient hospital care and, after a hospital stay, for inpatient care in a skilled nursing facility, for home care by a home health agency or for hospice care by a licensed and certified hospice agency. It is financed almost entirely by a nearly universal tax on employee pay, with no ben [..]

The compulsory portion of Medicare that is known as the Hospital Insurance Program. All Persons 65 years and older who are entitled to benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, Disability and Health Insu [..]

The part of Medicare that covers most medically necessary hospital, skilled nursing facility, home health, and hospice care.

An insurance program (also called Hospital Insurance program) that provides basic protection against the costs of hospital and related post-hospital services for: individuals age 65 or over and eligible for retirement benefits under the Social Security or Railroad Retirement System. Part A pays for inpatient hospital, skilled nursing facility (SNF) [..]