{"id":14499,"date":"2019-11-12T09:57:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14499"},"modified":"2019-11-12T09:57:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:57:53","slug":"if-youre-thinking-of-enrolling-in-a-medicare-advantage-plan-with-supplemental-benefits-consider-the-these-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14499","title":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re thinking of enrolling in a Medicare Advantage plan with supplemental benefits, consider these questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in 2019 and continuing into 2020, Medicare Advantage plans have increased flexibility to provide coverage for what the government calls supplemental benefits.\u00a0 In 2020, Medicare Advantage plans can begin covering supplemental benefits that aren\u2019t primarily health-related, specifically for people with chronic illnesses. Since we are in the heart of Medicare Open Enrollment season, ending December 7, if you or a loved one will be shopping for Medicare coverage for 2020, you may want to know about these new supplemental benefits. In the attached article, it outlines the questions you should be asking if you\u2019re thinking of enrolling in a Medicare Advantage plan with supplemental benefits. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextavenue.org\/medicare-advantage-supplemental-benefits\/\">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>Beginning in 2019 and continuing into 2020, Medicare Advantage plans have increased flexibility to provide coverage for what the government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,20,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-health-care-redesign","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14499","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=14499"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14501,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14499\/revisions\/14501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}