{"id":22851,"date":"2024-12-02T10:38:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T10:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thinkadvisor.com\/2024\/12\/02\/what-older-clients-who-travel-must-know-about-medicare\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T10:38:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T10:38:06","slug":"what-older-clients-who-travel-must-know-about-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/what-older-clients-who-travel-must-know-about-medicare\/","title":{"rendered":"What Older Clients Who Travel Must Know About Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/-\/908727998\/0\/thinkadvisor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/-\/908727998\/0\/thinkadvisor.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2023\/11\/07_Medicare_Forms_Parts_Health_Adobe_640x640.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Those retirees need expert advice about Medicare enrollment to avoid potential missteps.<\/p>\n<h2>The Coverage Gaps<\/h2>\n<p>The Original Medicare Part A inpatient hospitalization plan and the Original Medicare Part B outpatient care and physician services plan generally do not cover medical services received outside the United States, with limited exceptions:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"rte-a21d3610-b08f-11ef-b868-c16930754e29\">\n<li>Emergency care near U.S. borders, such as in Canada or Mexico.<\/li>\n<li>Medical care received onboard cruise ships within U.S. territorial waters.<\/li>\n<li>Certain emergencies during travel involving Alaska.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite these limitations, it is crucial even for Americans who move overseas to maintain Part A coverage while abroad, to avoid penalties if they return to the United States later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those retirees need expert advice about Medicare enrollment to avoid potential missteps. The Coverage Gaps The Original Medicare Part A inpatient hospitalization plan and the Original Medicare Part B outpatient care and physician services&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/what-older-clients-who-travel-must-know-about-medicare.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}