{"id":17533,"date":"2021-01-21T12:46:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17533"},"modified":"2021-01-21T12:46:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:46:20","slug":"how-to-choose-between-medicare-advantage-and-medicare-supplement-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17533","title":{"rendered":"How to choose between Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you sign up for Medicare you have a choose either a Medicare Advantage plan or Medicare Supplement plan that complements original Medicare.\u00a0 So, what is the difference? Medicare Advantage plans replace Original Medicare, but you don\u2019t lose any benefits; actually, most Medicare Advantage plans include extra benefits for routine vision and dental care and nearly all include Part D prescription drug coverage.\u00a0 Whereas Medicare Supplement plans you usually don\u2019t get any extra benefits and if Medicare doesn\u2019t cover a service, neither will your Medicare supplement plan. What you need to know to choose the plan that right for you, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/medicare-advantage-vs-medicare-supplement-which-is-best-01611242745?mod=mw_latestnews#\">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>When you sign up for Medicare you have a choose either a Medicare Advantage plan or Medicare Supplement plan that<\/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-17533","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\/17533","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=17533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17534,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17533\/revisions\/17534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}