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Medigap vs. Advantage Quiz

Five multiple-choice questions, about two minutes, comparing the two main paths: a Medicare Supplement (Medigap) alongside Original Medicare, or a Medicare Advantage plan. It asks how important it is to keep your current doctors and hospitals, how much you travel or live in more than one state, whether you prefer a predictable monthly cost or a smaller premium with copays as you use care, how much care you have used in the past year or two, and which extra benefits appeal to you. A progress bar shows where you are, and you can go back, change an answer, or retake the quiz.

The quiz itself needs no personal information — no name, ZIP code or contact details — and nothing you answer is saved. An optional callback form below the result does ask for your name, phone and ZIP code.

Nothing is scored. The result repeats each of your answers with the thing worth checking about it, then shows the trade-offs of both paths side by side: networks, prior approval, the yearly in-network spending limit and the Part B premium for Medicare Advantage; a separate premium, a separate drug plan and health questions after open enrollment for Medigap. It names neither path as your answer, checks no network, prices no plan, reads no prescriptions and enrolls no one, and what is available varies by ZIP code.

Next: read what each plan type actually does, estimate the monthly cost of either path, or have a licensed agent compare the plans that exist where you live.

Frequently asked questions

Is this quiz a recommendation?

No. It never names a plan type as your answer. It lays out the trade-offs of Medicare Supplement and Medicare Advantage side by side. Then it lists what to check on each path, based on your answers.

What does the quiz ask?

Five multiple-choice questions. It asks how much keeping your current doctors matters, and how much you travel. It asks whether you prefer a predictable monthly cost or copays as you use care. Then it asks how much care you have used recently, and which extras matter to you.

Do I have to give my name or ZIP code?

No. The quiz itself collects nothing and saves nothing. A callback form below the result is optional and asks for your name, phone and ZIP code only if you choose to use it.

How is the result decided?

It is not scored. Every result shows the same two sets of trade-offs. Your answers only choose which checks are listed above them. It checks no networks, no prescriptions and no prices, and what is available varies by ZIP code.

Updated September 27, 2026.

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