{"id":24568,"date":"2025-06-27T08:24:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24568"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:24:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:24:52","slug":"never-too-late-to-sign-up-for-va-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24568","title":{"rendered":"Never too late to sign up for VA benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a visit to her private doctor in 2010, Jo-Ann Belanger was stunned to find out how much a new prescription would cost each month, even with private health insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then her doctor pointed out that both she and her husband were Air Force Veterans. \u201cYou should be able to get some help from VA,\u201d he said. The doctor\u2019s suggestion changed the Belangers\u2019 lives.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/140796\/never-too-late-to-sign-up-for-va-benefits\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/140796\/never-too-late-to-sign-up-for-va-benefits\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/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>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) During a visit to her private doctor in 2010, Jo-Ann Belanger was stunned to find out how<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[87,245],"class_list":["post-24568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24568","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=24568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24569,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24568\/revisions\/24569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}