{"id":16742,"date":"2020-08-31T11:24:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16742"},"modified":"2020-08-31T11:24:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:24:39","slug":"a-quick-summary-of-how-to-enroll-and-get-started-with-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16742","title":{"rendered":"A quick summary of how to enroll and get started with Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Medicare maze can be difficult to understand and navigate no matter what age you are or how intelligent you are.\u00a0 First, Medicare has many moving parts and everyone\u2019s needs are different. Second, you must apply for Medicare, it is not an automatic benefit unless you are already receiving Social Security.\u00a0 Third, which many people are surprised to learn, you must pay for Medicare.\u00a0 In Nancy O\u2019Neill\u2019s article she gives summary of how to enroll and get started with Medicare.\u00a0 Read Ms. O\u2019Neill\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.echo-pilot.com\/entertainmentlife\/20200830\/how-to-circumvent-medicare-maze\">here&#8230;<\/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>The Medicare maze can be difficult to understand and navigate no matter what age you are or how intelligent you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,46,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16742","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=16742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16743,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16742\/revisions\/16743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}