{"id":21006,"date":"2023-03-20T08:55:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T12:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21006"},"modified":"2023-03-20T08:55:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T12:55:08","slug":"here-are-the-medicare-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21006","title":{"rendered":"Here are the Medicare basics\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More than 10,000 people turn 65 every day in the United States. Knowing your options for health care are more important than ever before. Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older. Understanding Medicare and all the options available can be stressful. Toni King explains what every baby boomer should know about Medicare. Read Ms. King\u2019s column <a title=\"here\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiftongazette.com\/news\/toni-says-understanding-medicare-it-s-complicated\/article_6d41bf2a-c54e-11ed-88a6-333038c33af2.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"wp-image-9838\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg 700w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare-300x240.jpg 300w\" 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>More than 10,000 people turn 65 every day in the United States. Knowing your options for health care are more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,32,6,9,15],"tags":[61,62,65],"class_list":["post-21006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-cms","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-part-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21006","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=21006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21007,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21006\/revisions\/21007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}