{"id":16898,"date":"2020-10-02T11:32:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T15:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16898"},"modified":"2020-10-02T11:32:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T15:32:59","slug":"purchasing-switching-dropping-or-losing-a-medigap-policy-and-what-guaranteed-rights-you-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16898","title":{"rendered":"Purchasing, switching, dropping or losing a Medigap policy, and what guaranteed rights you have"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world of Medicare can be confusing but it\u2019s important to know one plan from another. Traditional or original Medicare parts A and B don\u2019t cover copays, deductibles and coinsurance, these out-of-pocket costs or \u201cgaps\u201d can add up, but there is a way to cover those costs.\u00a0 A Medicare supplement insurance plan or simply known as a Medigap policies will fill in many of those gaps in coverage.\u00a0 Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-care\/health-insurance\/articles\/when-to-buy-medigap\">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>The world of Medicare can be confusing but it\u2019s important to know one plan from another. Traditional or original Medicare<\/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-16898","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\/16898","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=16898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16899,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16898\/revisions\/16899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}