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3. I specifically asked them both if Medicare/Supp, as 2nd and 3rd payers, would pick up the $12,000 deductible that would be incurred by the EGHP for the visit to MDAnderson. They both said it would NOT!
I have been unable to read this concept into CFR 411.33. (Code of Federal Regulations about Medicare secondary payments.)
It is possible your advisors may have confused the proper application of the term "deductible" for Medicare secondary payment computation- Confusing the EGHP deductible with the Medicare Part A deductible.
I see CFR 411.33 talking about Primary Payer payment amounts, but not how those amounts are computed.