{"id":17976,"date":"2021-04-08T09:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T13:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17976"},"modified":"2021-04-08T09:22:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T13:22:34","slug":"considering-a-medicare-supplement-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17976","title":{"rendered":"Considering a Medicare supplement plan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a Medicare beneficiary and looking to buy a Medicare supplement or \u201cMedigap\u201d plan, most experts will tell you to look beyond the cost when choosing a plan. Medigap plans are sold by private insurance companies and generally cover part or most cost-sharing that comes with traditional Medicare. Also, they are standardized benefits across most states so you know the benefits are the same regardless of where you live or which insurance carrier is offering them. However, not all are priced the same way. Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/04\/07\/key-considerations-if-your-medicare-coverage-will-include-medigap.html\">here<\/a> for more information.<\/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>If you are a Medicare beneficiary and looking to buy a Medicare supplement or \u201cMedigap\u201d plan, most experts will tell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medigap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17976","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=17976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17977,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17976\/revisions\/17977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}