- private duty nursing - skilled nursing home care costs over 100 days per benefit period - intermediate nursing home care - physician charges about medicare's approved amount - most outpatient prescription drugs - care received outside the united states - custodial care received in the home - dental care (except dental expenses resulting from an accident only) - cosmetic surgery - eyeglasses - hearing aids - orthopedic shoes - acupuncture expenses - expenses incurred due to a war or act of war