{"id":21795,"date":"2023-09-13T08:57:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T12:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21795"},"modified":"2023-09-13T08:57:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T12:57:27","slug":"is-your-zero-premium-medicare-advantage-plan-really-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21795","title":{"rendered":"Is your zero-premium Medicare Advantage plan really free\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Medicare open enrollment \u2013 also known as the annual election period (AEP) \u2013 refers to an enrollment window that takes place October 15th through December 7th each year, during which Medicare plan enrollees can reevaluate their existing Medicare coverage \u2014 whether it\u2019s Original Medicare with supplemental drug coverage or Medicare Advantage \u2014 and make changes if they want to do so. Diane Omdahl suggests you look beyond the \u201czero-premium\u201d plans and investigate the healthcare services you will\/may need. Read Ms. Omdahl\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dianeomdahl\/2023\/09\/12\/how-much-will-your-free-medicare-advantage-plan-really-cost\/?sh=5128982d6f81\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dianeomdahl\/2023\/09\/12\/how-much-will-your-free-medicare-advantage-plan-really-cost\/?sh=5128982d6f81\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"124\" class=\"wp-image-17863\" style=\"width: 175px;\" 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: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/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>Medicare open enrollment \u2013 also known as the annual election period (AEP) \u2013 refers to an enrollment window that takes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,6,9,46,15],"tags":[61,62,65,94,875],"class_list":["post-21795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults","tag-zero-premium-medicare-advantage-plans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21795","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=21795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21796,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21795\/revisions\/21796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}