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The secondary insurance cover both pays and co-pays of the primary insurance depending with the insurance company.

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Is primary insurance copays covered under secondary insurance?

Depending on your coverage, your primary insurance will cover 80% of your charges, minus your deductible (if not already met). Your secondary insurance will pick up the remaining 20% co-insurance and your co-pay, if you have one.


What is meant by primary and secondary insurance coverage?

Primary insurance coverage is what is first used when a medical service is being rendered. This is what will be billed first. Secondary insurance is supposed to cover what the primary insurance does not.


Will secondary insurance cover claims denied by your primary insurance?

As long as it is a covered expense by your secondary insurance and a claim has been filed with the primarty insurance then the answer is yes. The secondary insurance will only cover the expense according to your plan.


What does coinsurance mean in medical insurance's?

It's secondary or tertiary insurance that is held to cover any medical expenses the primary insurance policy does not cover or does not cover completely.


Can you buy secondary travel insurance without primary insurance?

Put simply, yes, you can buy travel insurance or travel health insurance without primary insurance. That's just as well, as your primary insurance may not cover you (or cover you completely) when you travel overseas.


What is Supplemental Medical Insurance?

Supplemental Medical Insurance is in addition to your primary insurance. It is used to help cover the cost of copays, deductibles, and co-insurance. The most common time of SMI is Medicare Supplement Plan. It helps to cover what the medicare plan doesn't. If a person were to have Medicare Part A & B and also and AARP Supplement plan, it covers their copays for benefits and helps with covering costs of prescriptions.


If the father is primary based on birthday and the mother is secondary is it legal for the mother to use her insurance as primary by not telling the provider about the father's insurance?

No, it's fraudulant. It's not practical, the secondary insurance should pay the remainder of the cost the primary insurance doesn't cover.


When a primary insurance only covers 50 percent what would secondary insurance cover?

What does the brochure or policy Evidence of Coverage for the secondary policy say?


If you have a 900.00 deductible on your primary insurance and none on the secondary insurance can the secondary be used to cover the deductible?

Yes. For more info. see www.SteveShorr.com/supplemental.htm


Do you need to obtain prior authorization from your secondary insurance even if the primary insurance will be billed first?

Your secondary insurance has different PA criteria than your primary insurance. A PA means that your insurer will only cover a service under certain circumstances; company A may cover a service for 3 conditions and company B may only cover the same service for only 2 conditions. Your primary could pay and your secondary may not.


Can i use my secondary medical insurance to cover doctor's fees not in my primary plan?

not that we know of honey


Whose auto insurance will cover you if driving another person's car in California?

Their insurance would be primary and your insurance would be secondary, generally speaking.