{"id":15336,"date":"2020-02-28T07:40:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T12:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15336"},"modified":"2020-02-28T07:40:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T12:40:51","slug":"traveling-abroad-medicare-coverage-only-applies-in-the-u-s-and-its-territories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15336","title":{"rendered":"Traveling abroad, Medicare coverage only applies in the U.S. and its territories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Majority of seniors get health coverage through Medicare once they retire, but many have misconceptions surrounding Medicare.\u00a0 A widely held misconception about Medicare coverage is that it will cover the cost of your healthcare no matter where you are when you need it, this includes traveling abroad. But the fact is Medicare coverage only applies in the U.S. and its territories. The attached article gives a brief overview on how Medicare works whether you are traveling a lot or mostly spending your time close to home. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2020\/02\/28\/dont-make-this-horrible-medicare-mistake.aspx\">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>Majority of seniors get health coverage through Medicare once they retire, but many have misconceptions surrounding Medicare.\u00a0 A widely held<\/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-15336","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\/15336","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=15336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15337,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15336\/revisions\/15337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}