{"id":22489,"date":"2024-02-23T08:22:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22489"},"modified":"2024-02-23T08:22:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:22:31","slug":"is-medicare-advantage-really-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22489","title":{"rendered":"Is Medicare Advantage really better?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A recent report from The Commonwealth Fund found that despite the belief that Medicare Advantage members are more satisfied with their plan than people who have traditional Medicare, they found, &#8220;Overall, the experiences seem to be similar for those in traditional Medicare versus Medicare Advantage, with some notable exceptions,&#8221; said Gretchen Jacobson, Ph.D., vice president of Commonwealth&#8217;s Medicare program. Cheryl Clark reports on The Commonwealth Fund\u2019s findings. Read Ms. Clark\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/special-reports\/features\/108846\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/special-reports\/features\/108846\">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>A recent report from The Commonwealth Fund found that despite the belief that Medicare Advantage members are more satisfied with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,46,15,846],"tags":[61,62,946,796],"class_list":["post-22489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","category-part-dprescription-drugs","category-prior-authorization","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-advantage-extra-benefits","tag-medicare-advantage-prior-authorization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22489","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=22489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22490,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22489\/revisions\/22490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}