{"id":25268,"date":"2025-12-10T08:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25268"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:25:51","slug":"should-have-both-medicare-and-va-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25268","title":{"rendered":"Should you have both Medicare and VA benefits?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Roughly 300,000 veterans will turn 65 each year. Veterans who have benefits often find themselves confused about whether they should sign up for Medicare. The VA encourages veterans to enroll in Medicare when they turn 65. Brandon Wile, writing for Military.com, explains what every veteran needs to know about Medicare. \u00a0Read Mr. Wile\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/benefits\/veterans-health-care\/what-every-veteran-needs-know-about-medicare-age-65.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/benefits\/veterans-health-care\/what-every-veteran-needs-know-about-medicare-age-65.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note: If you&#8217;re confused, call your local veterans service officer. Their help is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"wp-image-7914\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001317899408veterans-military-soldiers-700x466.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001317899408veterans-military-soldiers-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001317899408veterans-military-soldiers-700x466-300x200.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>Roughly 300,000 veterans will turn 65 each year. Veterans who have benefits often find themselves confused about whether they should<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,15,7],"tags":[80,61,65,94,87,245],"class_list":["post-25268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs","category-veterans-benefits","tag-cms","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25268","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=25268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25270,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25268\/revisions\/25270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}