{"id":88,"date":"2026-10-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/?p=88"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:00:00","slug":"suze-orman-flags-the-medicare-gap-retirees-are-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/2026\/10\/12\/suze-orman-flags-the-medicare-gap-retirees-are-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Suze Orman flags the Medicare gap retirees are missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Retirees often underestimate healthcare costs, with average expenses projected at $185,500, excluding long-term care. Medicare excludes routine dental, vision, hearing aids, and custodial care, which can be costly. Part B premiums and cost-sharing have risen, with no annual out-of-pocket cap. Supplemental Medigap insurance is recommended to cover gaps. Early planning and saving, including using health savings accounts, are crucial to manage these expenses.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/retirement\/suze-orman-medicare-medigap-185500-gap\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retirees often underestimate healthcare costs, with average expenses projected at $185,500, excluding long-term care. Medicare excludes routine dental, vision, hearing aids, and custodial care, which can be costly. Part B premiums and cost-sharing have risen, with no annual out-of-pocket cap. Supplemental Medigap insurance is recommended to cover gaps. Early planning and saving, including using health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":89,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancestrategies.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}