{"id":21994,"date":"2023-10-31T09:29:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T13:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21994"},"modified":"2023-10-31T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T13:29:44","slug":"medicare-advantage-isnt-right-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21994","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Advantage isn&#8217;t right for everyone."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Medicare open enrollment \u2013 also known as the annual election period (AEP)- refers to an enrollment period from October 15th through December 7th, during which Medicare plan enrollees can reevaluate their existing Medicare coverage. It is also when those pesky Medicare Advantage ads inundate the airwaves, trying to convince us that their Medicare plan is the best for us. You may be wondering if they are a good fit for you. Maurie Backman outlines the three reasons you may not want a Medicare Advantage plan. Read Ms. Backman\u2019s article <a title=\"here\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2023\/10\/31\/3-reasons-you-may-not-want-a-medicare-advantage-pl\/\">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>Medicare open enrollment \u2013 also known as the annual election period (AEP)- refers to an enrollment period from October 15th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,46,15],"tags":[61,62,221,65,94],"class_list":["post-21994","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-open-enrollment","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21994","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=21994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21995,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21994\/revisions\/21995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}