{"id":24924,"date":"2025-09-18T11:21:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24924"},"modified":"2025-09-18T11:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:21:45","slug":"choosing-your-medicare-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24924","title":{"rendered":"Choosing your Medicare coverage\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period is approaching quickly: October 15 to December 7. At this time, you can change your Medicare Part C and Part D plans for the upcoming year. This allows you to ensure you are enrolled in the right coverage for you. However, you must be aware of a few \u201ctraps\u201d that could impact your health, longevity, and your budget. For guidance, read Steve Vernon\u2019s article for Forbes outlining the three Medicare traps when choosing between original Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans, and take action to review your plan options now to make an informed decision before the deadline. Read Mr. Vernon\u2019s article <a title=\"here...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/stevevernon\/2025\/09\/17\/3-medicare-traps-for-the-unwary\/\">here&#8230;<\/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>The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period is approaching quickly: October 15 to December 7. At this time, you can change your<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,21,6,9,15],"tags":[385,238,61,62,1110],"class_list":["post-24924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-finance","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-annual-enrollment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24924","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=24924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24925,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24924\/revisions\/24925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}