{"id":13597,"date":"2019-07-16T08:35:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T12:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13597"},"modified":"2019-07-16T08:35:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T12:35:13","slug":"important-points-about-veterans-and-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13597","title":{"rendered":"Important points about veterans and Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some veterans choose not to enroll in Medicare Part B because they\u2019re going to use the VA healthcare system for life, but then things change. According to the VA website, \u201cVA healthcare is not creditable coverage under Medicare\u201d and if the veteran decides to enroll in Medicare at a later date, they will incur a late enrollment penalty. Read attached article for the important points about veterans and Medicare. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dianeomdahl\/2019\/07\/15\/veterans-pay-attention-to-medicare-at-age-65-or-face-problems-later\/#5d6d6c7449aa\">article here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/VA-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8765\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/VA-logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/VA-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/VA-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/VA-logo.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">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.<\/span><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some veterans choose not to enroll in Medicare Part B because they\u2019re going to use the VA healthcare system for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs","category-veterans-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13597","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=13597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13598,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13597\/revisions\/13598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}