{"id":13451,"date":"2019-06-19T08:12:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T12:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13451"},"modified":"2019-06-19T08:12:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T12:12:06","slug":"medicare-part-a-is-typically-free-for-enrollees-but-thats-only-one-piece-of-the-overall-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13451","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Part A is typically free for enrollees, but that&#8217;s only one piece of the overall puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Think of Medicare as a puzzle; it is made up of several distinct parts: Parts A, B, C, and D. Many seniors assume that Medicare is free, but only one of them \u2013 Part A- is free, although some people do need to pay for it.\u00a0 Parts B and D, however, which cover doctor visits and prescription drugs, respectively, charge enrollees a premium. Read article here for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2019\/06\/18\/is-medicare-free.aspx\">more details\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think of Medicare as a puzzle; it is made up of several distinct parts: Parts A, B, C, and D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13451","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=13451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13452,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13451\/revisions\/13452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}