Medicare Part A primarily covers which benefit?

• A. Outpatient diagnostic procedures.
• B. Physician office visits.
• C. Prescription drugs.
• D. Hospital inpatient benefits.

Answer: (D)

Medicare Part A is hospital insurance. Its main job is to help pay for hospital inpatient care—the stay itself, including the semi-private room, meals, nursing, and general hospital services. It also covers related inpatient benefits such as skilled nursing facility care after a qualifying hospital stay, hospice care, and some home health services. The other options don’t fit Part A because outpatient diagnostic procedures and physician office visits are covered mainly by Part B, which covers medical services outside of inpatient hospital stays, while prescription drugs are covered by Part D (with some drugs used in a hospital covered differently). So the best description of Part A is hospital inpatient benefits—the core purpose of this part.