{"id":14248,"date":"2019-10-11T07:15:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T11:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14248"},"modified":"2019-10-11T07:16:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T11:16:38","slug":"the-three-reasons-why-future-retirees-believe-medicare-is-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14248","title":{"rendered":"The three possible reasons why future retirees believe Medicare is free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Nationwide survey found 79 percent of future retirees believe, incorrectly, Medicare is free. We know traditional Medicare is comprised of two parts: Part A and Part B and according to Medicare\u2019s guidelines most individuals will not pay anything for the Part A, but there will be a charge for Part B.\u00a0 So why do many people believe Medicare is free? The attached article explores the possible three reasons for this misconception. Read article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/forbesfinancecouncil\/2019\/10\/10\/medicare-retiree-survey-indicates-a-serious-cause-for-concern\/#2fdcfd40139d\"> 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><strong>Notice:<\/strong> 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>A recent Nationwide survey found 79 percent of future retirees believe, incorrectly, Medicare is free. We know traditional Medicare is<\/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-14248","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\/14248","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=14248"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14251,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14248\/revisions\/14251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}