{"id":17047,"date":"2020-10-27T10:50:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T14:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17047"},"modified":"2020-10-27T10:50:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T14:50:23","slug":"before-you-sign-up-for-one-of-these-expanded-plans-be-sure-you-know-the-limits-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17047","title":{"rendered":"Before you sign up for one of these expanded plans, be sure you know the limits involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2019, government rules have allowed Medicare Advantage plans to expand benefits which is commonly referred to as Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill, or SSBCI.\u00a0 These new benefits can go beyond medical care and provide support that can help improve and prolong a sick person\u2019s life such as: Adult day care services, home-based palliative care, in-home support services, caregiver support, and other services. However, before you sign up for one of these expanded plans, be sure you know the limits involved. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/how-do-you-get-the-new-medicare-advantage-benefits-its-not-easy-2020-10-27\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_41044622women-social-security-700x467women.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8698\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_41044622women-social-security-700x467women-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_41044622women-social-security-700x467women-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_41044622women-social-security-700x467women.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>Since 2019, government rules have allowed Medicare Advantage plans to expand benefits which is commonly referred to as Special Supplemental<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17047","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=17047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17048,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17047\/revisions\/17048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}