{"id":18128,"date":"2021-05-10T09:29:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18128"},"modified":"2021-05-10T09:29:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:29:01","slug":"should-you-enroll-in-a-part-d-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18128","title":{"rendered":"Should you enroll in a Part D plan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare did not cover outpatient prescription drugs until January 1, 2006, when it implemented the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, authorized by Congress under the &#8220;Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.&#8221; This Act is generally known as the &#8220;MMA.&#8221; A recent poll, found \u201capproximately 85 percent of beneficiaries stated they were happy with the benefit.\u201d If you are not aware, there are two ways you can enroll in Part D. To learn how to enroll in Medicare Part D, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncnewsonline.com\/news\/lifestyles\/column-by-joel-mekler-why-enroll-in-a-medicare-part-d-drug-plan\/article_9992b8b0-4b08-58b5-b4fd-6b75cfc3a8fc.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pills.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10356\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pills-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pills-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pills.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>Medicare did not cover outpatient prescription drugs until January 1, 2006, when it implemented the Medicare Part D prescription drug<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18128","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=18128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18129,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18128\/revisions\/18129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}