{"id":564,"date":"2020-10-27T13:49:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T18:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/?p=564"},"modified":"2020-10-27T13:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T18:49:44","slug":"medicare-vs-medicare-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/medicare-vs-medicare-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: Navigating the Maze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financial-planning.com\/news\/medicare-original-vs-advantage-how-to-guide-clients-through-the-maze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-400 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo-finplanning.jpg\" alt=\"Financial Planning\" width=\"359\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo-finplanning.jpg 359w, https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo-finplanning-300x44.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a>As the annual open enrollment season is now upon us, many of my financial planning clients over 65 are reviewing their Medicare options for 2021. I was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financial-planning.com\/news\/medicare-original-vs-advantage-how-to-guide-clients-through-the-maze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quoted in a recent post at <em>Financial Planning Magazine<\/em><\/a> that tackles the common traditional Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage dilemma that many retirees face.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sheila Padden, a planner and CPA who heads Padden Financial Planning, also tends to prefer Original Medicare plus a Medigap policy. \u201cHowever,\u201d she adds, \u201cif cost is a very big concern, we will consider Medicare Advantage. Typically, the devil is in the details, so we will often reach out to Medicare specialists for their perspective.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article, by Donald J. Corn, also features the perspectives of other advisors that grapple with the same question for their clients. The article is a terrific overview of how a financial planner can assist with making the best health insurance choices in a complex market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financial-planning.com\/news\/medicare-original-vs-advantage-how-to-guide-clients-through-the-maze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can check out the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the annual open enrollment season is now upon us, many of my financial planning clients over 65 are reviewing their Medicare options for 2021. I was recently quoted in a recent post at Financial Planning Magazine that tackles the common traditional Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage dilemma that many retirees face.  <a href=\"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/medicare-vs-medicare-advantage\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">[More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[60,58,59,51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddenfinancial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}