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A $0 Medicare Advantage premium can look like a small victory in a household budget. Then a prescription refill costs more, a specialist visit carries a bigger copay, or a hospital stay leaves a bill nobody expected. The monthly premium stayed exactly where it was. The cost of using the insurance did not necessarily follow suit.
