{"id":17224,"date":"2020-11-25T08:44:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T13:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17224"},"modified":"2020-11-25T08:44:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T13:44:28","slug":"part-b-premium-reduction-give-back-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17224","title":{"rendered":"Part B premium reduction give back plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the \u201cgiveback\u201d benefit and how do I qualify for it?\u00a0 First, a Federal regulation allowed Medicare Advantage plans to receive a reduction in its payments, which in turn helps to fund the giveback. In 2021, there will be 48 states offering a Medicare Advantage plan with a Part B premium reduction. \u00a0Second, to qualify for a premium reduction you must be a Medicare beneficiary enrolled in Part A and Part B, be responsible for paying the Part B premium, and live in a service area of a plan that has chosen to participate in this program.\u00a0 In Diane Omdahl\u2019s column for Forbes, she explains the program and how it works. Read Ms. Omdahl\u2019s column\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dianeomdahl\/2020\/11\/24\/got-questions-about-the-medicare-giveback-benefit-here-are-some-answers\/?sh=58f738415e60\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Medicare-and-Social-Security-Image-700x395.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8433\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Medicare-and-Social-Security-Image-700x395-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Medicare-and-Social-Security-Image-700x395-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Medicare-and-Social-Security-Image-700x395.png 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the \u201cgiveback\u201d benefit and how do I qualify for it?\u00a0 First, a Federal regulation allowed Medicare Advantage plans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17224","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=17224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17225,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17224\/revisions\/17225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}