{"id":8837,"date":"2017-12-05T08:59:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T13:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8837"},"modified":"2017-12-05T08:59:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T13:59:22","slug":"only-33-percent-of-seniors-compare-prices-for-medicare-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8837","title":{"rendered":"Only 33 percent of seniors compare prices for Medicare plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">According to a survey from WellCare Health Plans, Medicare beneficiaries said that reviewing their Medicare plan once a year is among their \u201cmost unpleasant things to do\u201d along with getting a colonoscopy or going to the dentist. Wellcare\u2019s report also revealed only 33 percent of U.S. seniors compare prices for Medicare plans. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2017\/12\/05\/most-retirees-dont-shop-around-for-a-medicare-plan.aspx\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7817\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-390x205.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The 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.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a survey from WellCare Health Plans, Medicare beneficiaries said that reviewing their Medicare plan once a year is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8837","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=8837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8838,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8837\/revisions\/8838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}