{"id":15684,"date":"2020-04-06T14:10:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T18:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15684"},"modified":"2020-04-06T14:10:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T18:10:43","slug":"four-categories-of-changes-to-medicare-in-the-midst-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15684","title":{"rendered":"Four categories of changes to Medicare in the midst of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the interest of easier and more equitable access, congress enacted changes to Medicare in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic for those who contract the virus.\u00a0 The attached article explains the four categories of changes and the possibility of more to come. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sarazeffgeber\/2020\/04\/06\/medicare-flexes-and-changes-to-meet-the-covid-19-challenges\/#dfb79155bbda\">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 the interest of easier and more equitable access, congress enacted changes to Medicare in the midst of the COVID-19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15684","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=15684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15685,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15684\/revisions\/15685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}