{"id":20456,"date":"2022-11-03T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20456"},"modified":"2022-11-03T09:04:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:04:10","slug":"do-you-want-to-ditch-your-medicare-advantage-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20456","title":{"rendered":"Do you want to ditch your Medicare Advantage plan?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The open enrollment period allows people already on Medicare to switch to a different plan that suits their needs better or add prescription coverage to their existing plan. Should you drop your Medicare Advantage plan and go to the original fee-for-service Medicare? Sarah O\u2019Brien explains the things you should consider before you make that move. Read Ms. O&#8217;Brien\u2019s article <a title=\"here\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/11\/02\/costs-to-consider-before-dropping-medicare-advantage-plan-altogether.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"wp-image-17863\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg 1219w, 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\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The open enrollment period allows people already on Medicare to switch to a different plan that suits their needs better<\/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":[61,62,65,117],"class_list":["post-20456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-medigap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20456","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=20456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20457,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20456\/revisions\/20457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}