{"id":14983,"date":"2020-01-15T09:10:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T14:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14983"},"modified":"2020-01-15T09:10:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T14:10:38","slug":"what-is-long-term-care-and-will-medicare-pay-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14983","title":{"rendered":"What is long-term care and will Medicare pay for it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you believe that Medicare will pay for your ongoing long-term care?\u00a0 If so, you are not alone, 56 percent of middle-income Baby Boomers believe it and that\u2019s where the problems tend to arise.\u00a0 Medicare does not pay for long-term care and this care can be very costly.\u00a0 Total national spending on long-term care services in 2013, was almost $339 billion.\u00a0 So, what are your options?\u00a0 Read attached article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dianeomdahl\/2020\/01\/14\/does-medicare-pay-for-long-term-care-dont-make-a-big-mistake\/#db32b0911f39\">here\u2026<\/a><\/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>Do you believe that Medicare will pay for your ongoing long-term care?\u00a0 If so, you are not alone, 56 percent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,6,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-medicare-general","category-nursing-homes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14983","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=14983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14984,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14983\/revisions\/14984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}