{"id":13803,"date":"2019-08-13T08:09:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13803"},"modified":"2019-08-13T08:09:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:09:54","slug":"should-you-drop-medicare-for-your-employer-health-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13803","title":{"rendered":"Should you drop Medicare for your employer health coverage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">According to the latest available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by 2026, about 30 percent of individuals ages 65 through 74 and about 11 percent of the 75 and over crowd are expected to be in the labor market. If you qualify to participate in your employer\u2019s healthcare plan and that plan is acceptable primary coverage, you are permitted to drop Medicare and re-enroll down the road; however, just because you can, it doesn\u2019t mean you should. Read attached article for the possible pitfalls that could await you. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/08\/12\/dropping-medicare-for-employer-health-coverage-may-trip-you-up.html\">Click here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_65290830senior-workers-seniors-part-time-jobs-employment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7815\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_65290830senior-workers-seniors-part-time-jobs-employment-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_65290830senior-workers-seniors-part-time-jobs-employment-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_65290830senior-workers-seniors-part-time-jobs-employment-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_65290830senior-workers-seniors-part-time-jobs-employment-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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by 2026, about 30 percent of individuals ages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employer-healthcare","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13803","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=13803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13804,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13803\/revisions\/13804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}