Medicare Plan Research Paper

Although your Original Medicare will not cover everything, Medicare Part B covers both installments of the pneumonia vaccine. To attain benefits that are not included in your Original Medicare Plans, you may want to purchase a Medicare Advantage Plan (Medicare Part C).
Medicare Advantage Plans

Medicare Advantage Plans offer the same benefits as the Original Medicare Plan, (minus the long-term/custodial care; however, that care is still covered under Part A of your Medicare Plan). Medicare Advantage Plans may also provide you with benefits that are not covered under the Original Medicare Plans.

These benefits may include:

Dental Vision Prescription drug Coverage

Pneumonia symptoms and treatment

Pneumonia is a lung infection that can
Other treatments may include:

Oxygen Proper diet Pain medication

Who are at the greatest risk for complications?

According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year, approximately 50,000 people in the United States die from pneumonia and about one million people are hospitalized due to the disease.

People who are at the greatest risk for complications include:

People who are 65 years or older Smokers Those who have difficulty swallowing due to a neurological condition Individuals who recently had a respiratory infection (influenza, laryngitis or a cold, etc.) Those who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, heart disease, cirrhosis of the liver and/or diabetes People residing within a residential living