Items and services that Medicare doesn’t cover include, but aren’t limited to, the following:

• Acupuncture.

• Chiropractic services

• Cosmetic surgery.

• Custodial care, except when you also get skilled nursing care in a skilled nursing facility, at home, or as part of hospice care.

• Deductibles, coinsurance, or copayments when you get certain health care services.

• Dental care and dentures (with a few exceptions).

• Eye exams (routine), eye refractions, and eyeglasses (unless you've had cataract surgery).

• Foot care (routine), like cutting corns or calluses (with few exceptions).

• Hearing aids and exams for the purpose of fitting a hearing aid.

• Hearing tests that haven’t been ordered by your doctor.

• Laboratory tests (screening), except those listed on "What is Covered".

• Long-term care. "What is Covered"

• Orthopedic shoes (with few exceptions). "What is Covered"

• Supplies.

• Physical exams (routine or yearly). Medicare will cover a one-time physical exam. "What is Covered"

• Prescription drugs with a few exceptions see "What is Covered"

• Shots to prevent illness, except as listed on "What is Covered" must cover all commercially-available vaccines (like the shingles vaccine) except those covered by Part B.

• Surgical procedures given in ambulatory surgical centers that aren’t included on Medicare’s list of ambulatory surgical center covered procedures.

• Syringes or insulin. Insulin used with an insulin pump is covered by Part B. Syringes or insulin may be covered by Part D.

• Travel (health care while you’re traveling outside the United States,  except as listed on "What is Covered").