{"id":16849,"date":"2020-09-21T10:30:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16849"},"modified":"2020-09-21T10:30:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T14:30:24","slug":"understanding-the-various-parts-of-medicare-and-how-they-fit-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16849","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the various parts of Medicare and how they fit together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the United States, about one in three people and older are enrolled in Medicare Advantage health plan.\u00a0 Medicare Advantage plans often cover services that Medicare does not, and most people don\u2019t pay extra for it.\u00a0 Those unhappy with Medicare Advantage plans may find they no longer qualify for the supplemental policies or Medigap plans to help pay their medical bills or that they face prohibitively high premiums.\u00a0 To avoid this situation, people should have a simply understanding how the various parts of Medicare fit together.\u00a0 Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/personal-finance\/2020\/09\/21\/liz-weston-medicare-advantage-plans-worth-risk\/114082302\/\">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>In the United States, about one in three people and older are enrolled in Medicare Advantage health plan.\u00a0 Medicare Advantage<\/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-16849","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\/16849","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=16849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16850,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16849\/revisions\/16850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}