{"id":24870,"date":"2025-09-08T10:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24870"},"modified":"2025-09-08T10:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:49:16","slug":"the-future-of-medicare-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24870","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Medicare Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2025, more than 54 percent, or 34.1 million seniors, are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. Many seniors choose a Medicare Advantage plan for the extra benefits that are not available with traditional Medicare. Those extras can include dental, vision, gym membership, and over-the-counter drug benefits. \u00a0However, those \u201cextra\u201d benefits may soon be cut back or eliminated. Tim Smart, writing for U.S. News, explains why your Medicare Advantage plan may cost more soon. Read Mr. Smart\u2019s article<a href=\"https:\/\/money.usnews.com\/money\/retirement\/articles\/medicare-advantage-plans-may-be-less-advantageous-in-2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/money.usnews.com\/money\/retirement\/articles\/medicare-advantage-plans-may-be-less-advantageous-in-2026\"> here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" class=\"wp-image-12764\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/money-in-hand.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/money-in-hand.jpg 700w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/money-in-hand-300x225.jpg 300w\" 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>In 2025, more than 54 percent, or 34.1 million seniors, are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. Many seniors choose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,21,9],"tags":[80,385,238,62,94],"class_list":["post-24870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-advantage","tag-cms","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-finance","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24870","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=24870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24871,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24870\/revisions\/24871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}