{"id":8995,"date":"2017-12-19T09:35:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T14:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8995"},"modified":"2017-12-19T09:35:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T14:35:43","slug":"average-assisted-living-facility-costs-43539-per-year-and-medicare-wont-pay-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8995","title":{"rendered":"Average assisted living facility costs $43,539 per year and Medicare won&#8217;t pay for it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare provides health benefits to millions of seniors; however, there are certain services it won\u2019t cover, like dental care, vision care, and long-term care, which includes assisted living. Medicare won\u2019t pay for services offered by most assisted living facilities due to it falls under the category of custodial care. Since Medicare won\u2019t cover assisted living, you will need to be prepared to pay for it yourself which according to Genworth Financial, the average assisted living facility costs $3,628 per month or $43,539 per year. <a href=\"http:\/\/host.madison.com\/business\/investment\/markets-and-stocks\/does-medicare-cover-assisted-living\/article_b586e168-7d90-5ecc-90e5-58be853e7089.html\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8431\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452.jpg 700w\" 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>Medicare provides health benefits to millions of seniors; however, there are certain services it won\u2019t cover, like dental care, vision<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8995","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=8995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8996,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8995\/revisions\/8996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}