{"id":10860,"date":"2018-07-04T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10860"},"modified":"2018-07-03T14:49:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T18:49:12","slug":"60-of-americans-50-and-older-have-tried-to-avoid-or-minimize-healthcare-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10860","title":{"rendered":"60% of Americans 50 and older have tried to avoid or minimize healthcare costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kelly Gooch for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A majority of Americans concerned about healthcare costs in retirement have taken steps to avoid or minimize their current medical expenses, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationwidefinancial.com\/media\/pdf\/NFM-17433AO.pdf?_ga=2.28690428.1704297882.1530484292-772412868.1530484292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">survey<\/a>\u00a0from the Nationwide Retirement Institute found. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/finance\/60-of-aging-americans-have-tried-to-avoid-or-minimize-healthcare-costs.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7924\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kelly Gooch for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) A majority of Americans concerned about healthcare costs in retirement have taken steps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10860","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=10860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10861,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10860\/revisions\/10861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}