{"id":25505,"date":"2026-01-28T10:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25505"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:03:23","slug":"helping-you-understand-the-medicares-ins-and-outs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25505","title":{"rendered":"Helping you understand the Medicare&#8217;s ins and outs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Medicare is made up of different parts, each serving distinct healthcare needs. There are four main parts of Medicare: Part A, which covers inpatient hospital care. Part B: Covers outpatient services. Part C, also known as Medicare Advantage, bundles Part A and Part B and may include additional benefits. Part D: Provides prescription drug coverage. \u00a0Medicare can be confusing, not only for new Medicare recipients but also for those individuals who have been on it for a while. Stefon Walters, writing for The Motley Fool, debunks five myths about Medicare to help you understand the program better. Read Mr. Walter\u2019s article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2026\/01\/28\/are-you-falling-for-these-5-medicare-myths\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2026\/01\/28\/are-you-falling-for-these-5-medicare-myths\/\"> 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>Medicare is made up of different parts, each serving distinct healthcare needs. There are four main parts of Medicare: Part<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,21,6,9,46,15],"tags":[80,385,61,62,65,94],"class_list":["post-25505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cms","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-cms","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25505","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=25505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25506,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25505\/revisions\/25506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}