{"id":23627,"date":"2024-11-14T09:24:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23627"},"modified":"2024-11-14T09:24:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:24:27","slug":"is-a-medicare-advantage-plan-right-for-you-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23627","title":{"rendered":"Is a Medicare Advantage plan right for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is the time of the year again when all those Medicare Advantage plans advertise how wonderful they are and give you all sorts of additional benefits, but are they right for you? During Medicare\u2019s Open Enrollment season, which will end December 7th, you can switch from your current Medicare Advantage plan to a new one or return to traditional or original Medicare. Maurie Backman outlines three reasons retirees may want to look outside Medicare Advantage plans despite all the perks they keep advertising. Read Ms. Backman\u2019s article<a title=\" here\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2024\/11\/14\/3-reasons-retirees-should-not-enroll-in-medicare-a\/\"> 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>\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>It is the time of the year again when all those Medicare Advantage plans advertise how wonderful they are and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,6,9,46,15],"tags":[1550,385,61,62,65,94],"class_list":["post-23627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-insurance","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-annual-medicare-open-enrollment","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23627","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=23627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23628,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23627\/revisions\/23628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}