{"id":23125,"date":"2024-07-26T07:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23125"},"modified":"2024-07-26T07:55:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:55:10","slug":"california-tries-but-fails-to-fix-a-major-medicare-loophole-for-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23125","title":{"rendered":"California tries but fails to fix a major Medicare loophole for seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Kate Wolffe for NPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many seniors are grateful when they turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare. But to get enrolled they first have to make a big decision \u2014 choosing a Medicare plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial choice is whether to go with traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2024\/07\/25\/nx-s1-5050850\/california-tries-but-fails-to-fix-a-major-medicare-loophole-for-seniors\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2024\/07\/25\/nx-s1-5050850\/california-tries-but-fails-to-fix-a-major-medicare-loophole-for-seniors\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kate Wolffe for NPR) Many seniors are grateful when they turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare. But to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,200,6,9,46],"tags":[80,1380,61,62,117],"class_list":["post-23125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-health-insurance","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","tag-cms","tag-health-insuarnce","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medigap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23125","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=23125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23126,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23125\/revisions\/23126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}