{"id":16502,"date":"2020-07-23T08:55:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T12:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16502"},"modified":"2020-07-24T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T12:25:00","slug":"majority-of-consumers-dont-understand-their-health-care-insurance-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16502","title":{"rendered":"Majority of consumers don&#8217;t understand their health care insurance costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to HSA Bank\u2019s Annual Health and Wealth Index survey, it found a majority of U.S. consumers don\u2019t understand various aspects of their health care insurance costs, while many aren\u2019t actively planning for the health care expenses.\u00a0 The survey also found aside from education, many consumers across the country could also use help with planning for medical expenses when, and after, they retire. Although a third of individuals over the age of 65 rarely save for future health care expenses, a majority of that age group, 83 percent, worry about future medical bills. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitspro.com\/2020\/07\/22\/health-care-engagement-we-need-to-make-it-more-interesting\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_26959188survey-questionnaire-poll.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8564\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_26959188survey-questionnaire-poll-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_26959188survey-questionnaire-poll-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_26959188survey-questionnaire-poll-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_26959188survey-questionnaire-poll-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_26959188survey-questionnaire-poll.jpg 2000w\" 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>According to HSA Bank\u2019s Annual Health and Wealth Index survey, it found a majority of U.S. consumers don\u2019t understand various<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employer-healthcare","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16502","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=16502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16508,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16502\/revisions\/16508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}