{"id":15271,"date":"2020-02-20T07:56:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T12:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15271"},"modified":"2020-02-20T07:57:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T12:57:13","slug":"surprising-number-of-medicare-enrollees-worry-about-surprise-medical-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15271","title":{"rendered":"Even Medicare enrollees worry about surprise medical bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare is not free, there are numerous costs associated with Medicare.\u00a0 The costs range from your monthly premiums to annual deductibles to coinsurance and copays; this could be a problem for anyone on a fixed income.\u00a0 According to a new survey by eHealth, it found 63 percent of Medicare enrollees worry about surprise bills following medical treatment.\u00a0 \u00a0If this is a concern for you, then click on the attached link to read an article outlining a few things you can do to avoid financial and emotional stress associated with surprise medical bills. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2020\/02\/19\/63-of-medicare-enrollees-share-this-major-worry.aspx\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8462\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599.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 is not free, there are numerous costs associated with Medicare.\u00a0 The costs range from your monthly premiums to annual<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15271","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=15271"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15273,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15271\/revisions\/15273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}