{"id":14542,"date":"2019-11-18T09:57:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T14:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14542"},"modified":"2019-11-18T09:57:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T14:57:53","slug":"for-2020-some-medicare-advantage-plans-will-offer-new-nonmedical-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14542","title":{"rendered":"For 2020, some Medicare Advantage plans will offer new, nonmedical coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, Medicare Advantage plans have increased flexibility to provide coverage for what the government calls supplement benefits.\u00a0 These services which are excluded by law from traditional Medicare coverage will address environmental factors that may affect specifically for people with chronic illnesses health, functioning, quality of life and risk levels. Now that it\u2019s Medicare Open Enrollment, if you or a loved one will be shopping for Medicare Advantage coverage for 2020, you may want to read the attached article on how to size the benefits up before choosing a plan. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/a-guide-to-new-medicare-coverage-for-supplemental-benefits-2019-11-18\">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>In 2019, Medicare Advantage plans have increased flexibility to provide coverage for what the government calls supplement benefits.\u00a0 These services<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14542","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=14542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14543,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14542\/revisions\/14543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}