{"id":14458,"date":"2019-11-07T09:06:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T14:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14458"},"modified":"2019-11-07T09:10:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T14:10:23","slug":"14458","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14458","title":{"rendered":"You need to closely at your Medicare Advantage plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent report from eHealth found that 45,000 users of its site with Medicare Advantage Part D plans could have saved nearly $1,150 had they enrolled in the drug plan best suited to their needs. \u00a0The study also found the savings in stand-alone Part D plans were nearly $800.\u00a0 However, fewer than 10 percent of people using the eHealth tools were enrolled in the optimal plan when they visited the company\u2019s site.\u00a0 In the attached article by Phillip Moeller, he explains why you need to look closely at your Medicare Advantage plans for 2020. Read his article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/economy\/making-sense\/2020-brings-more-private-insurance-plans-for-medicare-patients-heres-why-you-need-to-look-closely\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/file5381291239055mystery-search-spyglass-examine-examination-hunt-700x465.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8863\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/file5381291239055mystery-search-spyglass-examine-examination-hunt-700x465-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/file5381291239055mystery-search-spyglass-examine-examination-hunt-700x465-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/file5381291239055mystery-search-spyglass-examine-examination-hunt-700x465.png 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>In a recent report from eHealth found that 45,000 users of its site with Medicare Advantage Part D plans could<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,6,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14458","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=14458"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14461,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14458\/revisions\/14461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}