{"id":16292,"date":"2020-06-22T09:28:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16292"},"modified":"2020-06-22T09:30:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:30:58","slug":"medicare-savings-programs-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16292","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Savings Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have Medicare and need help with your health care costs, there are programs to help.\u00a0 Depending on your income and assets, you may get help paying for Medicare by applying for Medicare Savings Programs.\u00a0 There are three types of Medicare Savings Programs (MSPS): Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary Program (SLMB), and Qualified Individual (QI).\u00a0 In Joel Mekler\u2019s column he explains how to qualify for Medicare Savings program and what each program covers. Read Mr. Mekler\u2019s column <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncnewsonline.com\/news\/lifestyles\/joel-mekler-what-are-medicare-savings-programs\/article_c995744c-4b2a-5aa6-9115-d982dc4b105b.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/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>If you have Medicare and need help with your health care costs, there are programs to help.\u00a0 Depending on your<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16292","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=16292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16295,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16292\/revisions\/16295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}