{"id":205,"date":"2026-01-12T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/?p=205"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:00:00","slug":"choosing-your-best-medicare-option-2026-key-benefits-im-mike-harrington-assisting-you-to-get-the-coverage-that-fits-your-needs-contact-me-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Your Best Medicare Option: 2026 Key Benefits | I&#8217;m Mike Harrington, assisting you to get the coverage that fits your needs Contact me today."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/mike-harrington\/medicare-advantage-tradeoffs\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Original Medicare offers flexibility; Advantage plans bundle coverage but may restrict provider access.<br \/>\n2026: Part D drug out-of-pocket cap \u2191 to $2,100; Part B premium projected at $206.50\/mo.<br \/>\nMedicare Advantage avg. premium \u2193 to $11.50\/mo; all plans to include dental, vision, hearing.<br \/>\nOriginal Medicare: no out-of-pocket max; Advantage plans cap at $9,250 in 2026.<br \/>\nMajor insurers reducing Advantage plan options; new CMS rules to speed up care authorizations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original Medicare offers flexibility; Advantage plans bundle coverage but may restrict provider access. 2026: Part D drug out-of-pocket cap \u2191 to $2,100; Part B premium projected at $206.50\/mo. Medicare Advantage avg. premium \u2193 to $11.50\/mo; all plans to include dental, vision, hearing. Original Medicare: no out-of-pocket max; Advantage plans cap at $9,250 in 2026. Major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205","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=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}