{"id":28,"date":"2025-09-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:00:00","slug":"what-medicare-updates-are-coming-in-2026-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=28","title":{"rendered":"What Medicare Updates Are Coming in 2026? | 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-changes-next-year\"\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>Slide 1:<br \/>\nSSBCI perks tighten\u2014only health-related benefits now qualify; non-medical perks are being removed.<\/p>\n<p>Slide 2:<br \/>\nLow-income Part D beneficiaries face higher prescription costs due to reduced federal premium support.<\/p>\n<p>Slide 3:<br \/>\nMedicare eligibility narrows to citizens, green card holders, and certain legal immigrants only.<\/p>\n<p>Slide 4:<br \/>\nMedicare Savings Programs remain complex, with simplification delayed until 2034 for low-income enrollees.<\/p>\n<p>Slide 5:<br \/>\nProvider networks may change; confirm doctors and hospitals stay in-network before switching plans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slide 1: SSBCI perks tighten\u2014only health-related benefits now qualify; non-medical perks are being removed. Slide 2: Low-income Part D beneficiaries face higher prescription costs due to reduced federal premium support. Slide 3: Medicare eligibility narrows to citizens, green card holders, and certain legal immigrants only. Slide 4: Medicare Savings Programs remain complex, with simplification delayed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","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\/28","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=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harringtoninsuranceagency.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}