A Medicare Supplement (Medigap) policy is health insurance sold by private insurance companies to fill the gaps in Original Medicare Plan coverage. Medigap policies help pay some of the health care costs that the Original Medicare Plan doesn't cover.
Internal Medicine encompasses the care of all adults, healthy and sick. Internists (as all doctors who complete an internal medicine residency are called) can be generalists or subspecialists, like cardiologists or rheumatologists. If you choose not to subspecialize, you are known as a General Internist.
I have noticed that some doctors are family doctors and some are listed as internists. I would like to know if one of these is better suited for this issue. Answer. A family physician is a doctor who has completed a residency in family medicine, whereas an internist has completed a residency in internal medicine. Family medicine and internal medicine have a lot of similarities but also a lot that separates them into two different fields of medicine.