{"id":16003,"date":"2020-05-14T11:47:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T15:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16003"},"modified":"2020-05-14T11:47:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T15:47:28","slug":"covid-19-pandemic-gives-more-time-for-seniors-to-apply-for-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16003","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Pandemic gives more time for seniors to apply for Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With millions of people, including seniors, out of work and losing their employer health insurance due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for Medicare coverage is critical. \u00a0The federal government has announced that seniors affected by the crisis have additional time to enroll in Medicare or change plans. Although some seniors can apply for Medicare online, others need to provide proof of their employer policy along with their Medicare application to ensure they aren\u2019t subject to substantial penalties. \u00a0Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elderlawanswers.com\/seniors-affected-by-the-coronavirus-pandemic-have-more-time-to-apply-for-medicare-or-change-plans-17759\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Medicare.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4820\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Medicare-300x181.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Medicare-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Medicare.png 544w\" 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>With millions of people, including seniors, out of work and losing their employer health insurance due to the COVID-19 pandemic,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16003","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=16003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16004,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16003\/revisions\/16004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}