{"id":18157,"date":"2021-05-14T08:16:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T12:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18157"},"modified":"2021-05-14T08:16:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T12:16:42","slug":"tapping-into-resources-can-help-you-better-understand-your-medicare-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18157","title":{"rendered":"Tapping into resources can help you better understand your Medicare options."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generally, Medicare is available for people age 65 or older, younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplant). Original Medicare has two parts, Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medicare Insurance). Then you have Medicare Advantage Plans, sometimes called \u201cPart C\u201d or \u201cMA Plans,\u201d which are another way to get your Medicare Part A and Part B coverage. There are about 3,500 Medicare Advantage plans offered nationally by private insurance companies; these plans fall under five categories from Health Maintenance Organization to Private fee-for-service providers. Navigating through the various options can be confusing for the majority of seniors. The attached article lists the best Medicare resources that can help seniors navigate the Medicare maze. Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/best-medicare-resources-help-seniors-155346548.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17863\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg 1219w\" 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>Generally, Medicare is available for people age 65 or older, younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease<\/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-18157","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\/18157","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=18157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18158,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18157\/revisions\/18158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}