{"id":25031,"date":"2025-10-16T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25031"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:01:18","slug":"it-is-time-to-optimize-your-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25031","title":{"rendered":"It is time to optimize your coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Medicare premiums in 2026 are increasing to an estimated Part B premium of $206.50, according to the latest Medicare Trustees report. One of the largest year-over-year increases in a very long time. So, what is the Medicare recipient to do? This is the time during the Medicare Open Enrollment season (running through December 7th) to research your choices and find the plan that fits your healthcare needs and is possibly a better fit for your budget. Angelica Leicht, reporting for CBS News, explains how to save on 2026 Medicare costs during Medicare open enrollment. Read Ms. Leicht\u2019s article <a title=\"here\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-to-save-2026-medicare-costs-during-open-enrollment\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"wp-image-11923\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/seniors.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/seniors.jpg 700w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/seniors-300x200.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>Medicare premiums in 2026 are increasing to an estimated Part B premium of $206.50, according to the latest Medicare Trustees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,6,9,46,15],"tags":[80,385,62,221,65,117,94],"class_list":["post-25031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-cms","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-open-enrollment","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-medigap","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25031","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=25031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25032,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25031\/revisions\/25032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}