{"id":15937,"date":"2020-05-06T13:56:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15937"},"modified":"2020-05-06T13:56:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:56:20","slug":"if-your-income-has-dropped-there-are-options-for-easing-your-medicare-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15937","title":{"rendered":"If your income has dropped, there are options for easing your Medicare costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, Medicare is not free. If your income suddenly dropped due to the coronavirus, it may be more challenging to pay for your Medicare.\u00a0 While it depends on your circumstances, there may be options available to ease how much you are paying for Medicare.\u00a0 If you are paying income-related monthly adjustment amounts, or IRMAA, a sudden reduction in income may justify eliminating or reducing those surcharges.\u00a0 Now, depending on how far your income has dropped, you may be able to enroll in a Medicare Savings Program.\u00a0 For more details click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/05\/06\/here-are-options-for-easing-medicare-costs-if-your-income-dropped.html\">here\u2026<\/a> to read the article.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7817\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-390x205.jpg 390w\" 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>First, Medicare is not free. If your income suddenly dropped due to the coronavirus, it may be more challenging to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15937","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=15937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15938,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15937\/revisions\/15938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}