{"id":12063,"date":"2018-11-26T09:21:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T14:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12063"},"modified":"2018-11-26T09:21:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T14:21:56","slug":"most-people-dont-understand-medicare-when-they-sign-up-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12063","title":{"rendered":"Most people don&#8217;t understand Medicare when they sign up for it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent survey from Nationwide Retirement Institute and The Harris Poll, it found although 86 percent of older Americans are currently enrolled or are planning on enrolling in Medicare, but 72 percent say they don\u2019t fully understand how the program works and wish they had a better understanding of it. Not understanding how Medicare works can be an expensive mistake. In the attached article, the author explains several misconceptions about Medicare, so you don\u2019t end up paying more than you expected causing a drain on your retirement funds. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2018\/11\/24\/how-much-do-you-really-know-about-medicare.aspx\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9838\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent survey from Nationwide Retirement Institute and The Harris Poll, it found although 86 percent of older<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12063","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=12063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12064,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12063\/revisions\/12064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}