{"id":21916,"date":"2023-10-12T08:32:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21916"},"modified":"2023-10-12T08:32:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:32:32","slug":"medicare-can-be-an-important-health-care-benefit-for-federal-employees-at-or-near-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21916","title":{"rendered":"Medicare can be an important health care benefit for federal employees at or near retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Medicare is the federal health insurance program generally for people who are 65 or older. The different parts of Medicare help cover specific services: Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance), Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance), and Medicare Part D (prescription drug coverage). Some people get Medicare automatically, while others have to sign up. Jesse Black covers Medicare basics for federal employees. Read Mr. Black\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedsmith.com\/2023\/10\/11\/medicare-basics-for-federal-employees\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fedsmith.com\/2023\/10\/11\/medicare-basics-for-federal-employees\/\">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>Medicare is the federal health insurance program generally for people who are 65 or older. The different parts of Medicare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,200,6,9,46,15],"tags":[915,61,62,65,117,140],"class_list":["post-21916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employer-healthcare","category-health-insurance","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-fehb","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-medigap","tag-tricare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21916","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=21916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21917,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21916\/revisions\/21917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}