{"id":14595,"date":"2019-11-22T06:58:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T11:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14595"},"modified":"2019-11-22T06:58:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T11:58:34","slug":"medicare-beneficiaries-have-until-dec-7-to-make-changes-to-their-coverage-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14595","title":{"rendered":"Medicare beneficiaries have until Dec. 7 to make changes to their coverage for 2020."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare beneficiaries still have until December 7 to make changes to their Medicare plan for 2020. It\u2019s worthwhile making sure your coverage will still suit your needs next year and that there isn\u2019t a more cost-effective alternative.\u00a0 Remember each insurance carrier revisits their drug formulary and they renegotiate provider contracts; so you need to make sure your providers, prescriptions and your preferred pharmacy are still on the plan. Read article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/11\/21\/theres-still-time-to-change-to-your-medicare-plan-why-that-matters.html\"> here\u2026<\/a> to see what else you need to review to make sure your plan is the best option for you.<\/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>Medicare beneficiaries still have until December 7 to make changes to their Medicare plan for 2020. It\u2019s worthwhile making sure<\/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-14595","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\/14595","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=14595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14596,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14595\/revisions\/14596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}