{"id":58866,"date":"2014-10-31T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=58866"},"modified":"2014-10-30T20:58:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T00:58:02","slug":"medicare-open-enrollment-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=58866","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Open Enrollment has Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/letters-to-the-editor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58690\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/letters-to-the-editor.jpg\" alt=\"letters to the editor\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/letters-to-the-editor.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/letters-to-the-editor-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>To the Editor:<\/p>\n<p>(Nov. 2014) Medicare Open Enrollment has begun, and Madison County senior citizens have until\u00a0Dec. 7\u00a0to look at their plans and make changes. These changes could offer additional benefits and lower costs. Seniors can call the toll-free number\u00a0800-633-4227\u00a0anytime to discuss their coverage options.<\/p>\n<p>Medicare also has an easy-to-use website to review plans. The address is:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.medicare.gov<\/a>. Additionally, my office is always available to discuss Medicare, Social Security or Veterans Affairs benefits. You can call us at\u00a0315-724-9740. My office is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to\u00a0Friday.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage all seniors to call the toll-free number or visit Medicare\u2019s website to review their options.<\/p>\n<p>As always, I am grateful to the constituents of Madison County for the opportunity to serve on your behalf in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Richard Hanna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. Representative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor: (Nov. 2014) Medicare Open Enrollment has begun, and Madison County senior citizens have until\u00a0Dec. 7\u00a0to look at their plans and make changes. These changes could offer additional benefits and lower costs. Seniors can call the toll-free number\u00a0800-633-4227\u00a0anytime to discuss their coverage options. Medicare also has an easy-to-use website to review plans. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}