{"id":14510,"date":"2019-11-13T09:48:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T14:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14510"},"modified":"2019-11-13T09:52:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T14:52:31","slug":"14510","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14510","title":{"rendered":"New program for seniors in Medicare Advantage plans to address loneliness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Studies have shown loneliness can lead to poor health outcomes and an array of illnesses in the elderly, so CVS Health\u2019s Aetna health insurance unit is rolling out a new program for seniors in their Medicare Advantage plans to address their loneliness.\u00a0 Next year, Aetna is launching with Miami-based Papa Inc., which links seniors with college-aged caregivers. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brucejapsen\/2019\/11\/13\/aetna-looks-to-curtail-loneliness-for-medicare-advantage-enrollees\/#3dfa3b88448f\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8007\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465.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>Studies have shown loneliness can lead to poor health outcomes and an array of illnesses in the elderly, so CVS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,20,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-health-care-redesign","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14510","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=14510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14513,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14510\/revisions\/14513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}