{"id":22932,"date":"2024-06-07T08:49:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22932"},"modified":"2024-06-07T08:49:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:49:21","slug":"many-state-retiree-health-plans-are-switching-to-medicare-advantage-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22932","title":{"rendered":"Many state retiree health plans are switching to Medicare Advantage plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As of February 2024, about 33.4 million people were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, representing 51 percent of eligible Medicare beneficiaries. How many of these individuals enrolled in Medicare Advantage plan as part of their retiree health plan benefit? Will the coverage mirror their traditional retiree health plans? Zachary Carter reports on why state retiree health plans are switching to Medicare Advantage plans and what you need to know. Read Mr. Carter\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/retirement-daily\/social-security-medicare\/state-retiree-health-plans-switching-to-medicare-advantage-what-you-need-to-know\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/retirement-daily\/social-security-medicare\/state-retiree-health-plans-switching-to-medicare-advantage-what-you-need-to-know\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"wp-image-7924\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of February 2024, about 33.4 million people were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, representing 51 percent of eligible 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],"tags":[385,238,61,62,94,1355],"class_list":["post-22932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employer-healthcare","category-health-insurance","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-finance","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-older-adults","tag-state-retiree-health-plans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22932","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=22932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22933,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22932\/revisions\/22933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}