{"id":24346,"date":"2025-05-06T09:48:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24346"},"modified":"2025-05-06T10:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:03:48","slug":"original-medicare-covers-most-but-not-all-healthcare-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24346","title":{"rendered":"Original Medicare covers most but not all healthcare services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Medicare is the government health insurance program for adults 65 and older and individuals under 65 with certain disabilities. However, Medicare does have its drawbacks. Original Medicare covers most, but not all, of the costs for approved health care services and supplies. So, what does Medicare not cover? Angelica Leicht, reporting for Money Watch, outlines what costs Medicare does not cover in 2025. Read Ms. Leicht\u2019s article <a title=\"here\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-costs-does-medicare-not-cover-in-2025\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9838\" style=\"width:175px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare.jpg 700w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock_000025513411Small-700x559-medicare-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\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>Medicare is the government health insurance program for adults 65 and older and individuals under 65 with certain disabilities. However,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,21,6],"tags":[80,385,61,94],"class_list":["post-24346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-general","tag-cms","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-medicare","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24346","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=24346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24347,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24346\/revisions\/24347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}