{"id":16200,"date":"2020-06-09T11:23:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T15:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16200"},"modified":"2020-06-09T11:23:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T15:23:32","slug":"how-to-decide-on-the-best-insurance-option-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16200","title":{"rendered":"How to decide on the best insurance option for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are one of the estimated 27 million people who lost their health insurance along with your job due to the COVID-19 pandemic, your chance to buy your own health insurance is approaching a deadline.\u00a0 For anyone who lost their job in April or May, you have 60 days to buy an Affordable Care Act plan through your state marketplace.\u00a0 However, if you elect to continue your employer coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), you have more time but you will have to pay the full premium.\u00a0 It can be tricky to choose the best plan for you and your family, the attached article from Consumer Reports reviews what you need to know about your options. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/health-insurance\/get-health-insurance-if-you-lost-your-job-during-coronavirus-pandemic\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/health-insurance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14818\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/health-insurance-300x204.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/health-insurance-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/health-insurance.png 534w\" 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>If you are one of the estimated 27 million people who lost their health insurance along with your job due<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17,42,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-care-act-aca","category-emerging-health-issues","category-employer-healthcare","category-medicaid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16200","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=16200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16201,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16200\/revisions\/16201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}