{"id":25453,"date":"2026-01-16T08:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25453"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:54:19","slug":"find-out-if-its-the-right-time-to-sign-up-for-medicare-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25453","title":{"rendered":"Find out if it&#8217;s the right time to sign up for Medicare or not"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most people sign up for both Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance) when they\u2019re first eligible (usually when they turn 65). Generally, there are risks associated with signing up later, such as a gap in coverage or incurring a penalty. However, in some cases, it might make sense to sign up later. Maurie Backman, writing for The Motley Fool, asks Medicare-eligible individuals whether they should enroll in Medicare in 2026. Read Ms. Backman\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2026\/01\/15\/should-you-enroll-in-medicare-in-2026\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2026\/01\/15\/should-you-enroll-in-medicare-in-2026\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/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>Most people sign up for both Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance) when they\u2019re first eligible (usually<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,42,21,200,29,6],"tags":[80,2001,120,385,61,94],"class_list":["post-25453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cms","category-employer-healthcare","category-health-care-finance","category-health-insurance","category-hras","category-medicare-general","tag-cms","tag-creditable-health-coverage","tag-employer-health-insurance","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-medicare","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25453","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=25453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25454,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25453\/revisions\/25454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}