{"id":24598,"date":"2025-07-03T08:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24598"},"modified":"2025-07-03T08:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:58:59","slug":"what-medicare-does-not-cover-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24598","title":{"rendered":"What Medicare does not cover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A recent survey conducted by The Kaiser Family Foundation found that 23 percent of adults under 65 and 45 percent of those aged 65 and older believed that Medicare would cover the cost of time in a nursing home or assisted living center if they had a long-term illness or disability. Unfortunately, original Medicare and Medicare Advantage health plans will cover the first 100 days at a facility only if skilled care is needed; they will not cover custodial care. Anne Geggis, writing for The Palm Beach Post, explains what Medicare covers and what it does not cover. Read Ms. Geggis\u2019 article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/story\/news\/healthcare\/2025\/07\/02\/medicare-premiums-co-pays-retirement\/83920335007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/story\/news\/healthcare\/2025\/07\/02\/medicare-premiums-co-pays-retirement\/83920335007\/\"> 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\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8007\" style=\"width:157px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465.jpg 700w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465-300x199.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>A recent survey conducted by The Kaiser Family Foundation found that 23 percent of adults under 65 and 45 percent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,45,6,9],"tags":[80,1177,61,62,94],"class_list":["post-24598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-ltc","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","tag-cms","tag-ltc","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24598","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=24598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24599,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24598\/revisions\/24599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}