{"id":13887,"date":"2019-08-23T08:05:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T12:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13887"},"modified":"2019-08-23T08:05:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T12:05:15","slug":"medicare-without-no-backup-insurance-might-be-a-costly-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13887","title":{"rendered":"Medicare without no backup insurance might be a costly mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About one-third of Medicare beneficiaries use Advantage Plans, which have out-of-pocket maximums and often include dental and vision coverage or other extras.\u00a0 According to a 2018 study from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation about 19 percent of those who stick with basic Medicare have no extra coverage which experts say that\u2019s risky. Why? Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/08\/22\/taking-basic-medicare-with-no-backup-insurance-might-be-a-costly-error.html\">here\u2026<\/a> to find out the reasons.<\/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>About one-third of Medicare beneficiaries use Advantage Plans, which have out-of-pocket maximums and often include dental and vision coverage or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,6,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13887","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=13887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13888,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13887\/revisions\/13888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}