{"id":11595,"date":"2018-09-25T09:10:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T13:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11595"},"modified":"2018-09-25T09:10:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T13:10:06","slug":"are-you-avoiding-or-delaying-medical-procedures-due-to-the-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11595","title":{"rendered":"Are you avoiding or delaying medical procedures due to the cost?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health care costs the average retiree $499 a month when you consider the various deductibles, co-pays, and premiums associated with Medicare. Unfortunately, the stress of costly medical care can lead many seniors to make poor decisions about their health. According to new data from HealthMarkets, 19 percent of Medicare enrollees avoid or delay procedures due to the cost involved. It\u2019s not a wise path to travel, so rather than risk your health, take smarter steps to keep your medical costs down. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2018\/09\/25\/heres-how-nearly-20-of-medicare-enrollees-put-thei.aspx\">Read article here\u2026<\/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>Health care costs the average retiree $499 a month when you consider the various deductibles, co-pays, and premiums associated with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21,6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11595","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=11595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11596,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11595\/revisions\/11596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}