{"id":16610,"date":"2020-08-11T09:02:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T13:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16610"},"modified":"2020-08-11T09:02:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T13:02:33","slug":"traditional-medicare-is-not-as-comprehensive-as-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16610","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Medicare is not as comprehensive as you think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, 38 million seniors are enrolled in the Medicare program.\u00a0 Medicare helps cover healthcare costs for seniors, but it\u2019s not as comprehensive as many people neither think nor is it free. \u00a0In fact, traditional Medicare may leave you with thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses and you will face lots of coverage exclusions. So what to do about it? In Christy Bieber\u2019s article appearing on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fool.com\">www.fool.com<\/a> , she gives three reasons why Medicare coverage is not as comprehensive as you think. Read Ms. Bieber\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2020\/08\/10\/3-reasons-medicare-coverage-isnt-as-comprehensive.aspx\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9838\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg 700w\" 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>Currently, 38 million seniors are enrolled in the Medicare program.\u00a0 Medicare helps cover healthcare costs for seniors, but it\u2019s not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16610","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=16610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16611,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16610\/revisions\/16611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}