{"id":9683,"date":"2018-02-28T09:41:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T14:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9683"},"modified":"2018-02-28T09:41:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T14:41:17","slug":"medicare-benefits-are-overlooked-underused-or-misunderstood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9683","title":{"rendered":"Medicare benefits are overlooked, underused or misunderstood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Many of Medicare benefits are overlooked, underused or misunderstood. In 2012, less than 11 percent of Medicare beneficiaries took advantage of Medicare\u2019s annual \u201cwellness\u201d visit according to the Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice and recent research suggests that number hasn\u2019t moved much since then. The attached article outlines seven ways to maximize your Medicare benefits. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/slideshow\/retirement\/T039-S004-7-ways-to-maximize-medicare-benefits-part-b-part-d\/index.html\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Medicare.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4820\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Medicare-300x181.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Medicare-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Medicare.png 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of Medicare benefits are overlooked, underused or misunderstood. In 2012, less than 11 percent of Medicare beneficiaries took advantage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9683","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=9683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9684,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9683\/revisions\/9684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}