{"id":10640,"date":"2018-06-08T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10640"},"modified":"2018-06-07T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T14:09:10","slug":"the-high-cost-of-healthcare-in-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10640","title":{"rendered":"The high cost of healthcare in retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rising healthcare costs are an ever-growing source of concern for many current and future retirees. Retiree healthcare expenses are expected to rise at an average annual rate of over five percent for the foreseeable future according to the 2017 Retirement Health Care Costs Data Report. These projections may create feelings of anxiety, but by understanding what Medicare will and will not cover, you can plan for any additional medical costs in retirement. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/catherineschnaubelt\/2018\/06\/06\/planning-for-the-high-cost-of-healthcare-in-retirement\/#1a126007513d\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dreamstime_m_38001496senior-crisis-bills-financial-problems-worried-700x467.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9694\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dreamstime_m_38001496senior-crisis-bills-financial-problems-worried-700x467-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dreamstime_m_38001496senior-crisis-bills-financial-problems-worried-700x467-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dreamstime_m_38001496senior-crisis-bills-financial-problems-worried-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising healthcare costs are an ever-growing source of concern for many current and future retirees. Retiree healthcare expenses are expected<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21,29,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-health-care-finance","category-hras","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10641,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10640\/revisions\/10641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}