{"id":17216,"date":"2020-11-24T09:52:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T14:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17216"},"modified":"2020-11-24T09:52:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T14:52:48","slug":"important-information-about-this-alternative-to-original-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17216","title":{"rendered":"Important information about this alternative to original Medicare."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020, 36 percent of all Medicare beneficiaries \u2013 24.1 million people out of 67.7 million Medicare beneficiaries overall \u2013 are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans.\u00a0 Although Medicare Advantage plans can be more cost-effective than original Medicare, you\u2019re limited to a specific network of providers. \u00a0In Maurie Backman\u2019s article, she writes about the pros and cons of enrolling in Medicare Advantage and she advises that at the very least, it\u2019s worth exploring your plan options and seeing if one suits you. Read Ms. Backman\u2019s article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/2020\/11\/24\/5-things-to-know-about-medicare-advantage-plans-in\/\">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 2020, 36 percent of all Medicare beneficiaries \u2013 24.1 million people out of 67.7 million Medicare beneficiaries overall \u2013<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17216","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=17216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17217,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17216\/revisions\/17217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}