{"id":11,"date":"2025-09-11T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:00:00","slug":"can-seniors-avoid-paying-for-medicare-part-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"Can seniors avoid paying for Medicare Part B?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Medicare Part B premiums have risen to $185 monthly in 2025, posing challenges for seniors on fixed incomes. Most cannot avoid paying Part B, but those still working with employer coverage can delay enrollment without penalty. Low-income seniors may qualify for programs that help cover premiums. However, skipping Part B can limit access to supplemental plans and increase out-of-pocket costs, making enrollment generally advisable.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/can-seniors-avoid-paying-for-medicare-part-b\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare Part B premiums have risen to $185 monthly in 2025, posing challenges for seniors on fixed incomes. Most cannot avoid paying Part B, but those still working with employer coverage can delay enrollment without penalty. Low-income seniors may qualify for programs that help cover premiums. However, skipping Part B can limit access to supplemental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}