Standard Medicare Premium Will Rise 3.1% Next Year
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The standard Medicare premium will rise to $96.40 a month next year, an increase of $2.90 a month. The 3.1 percent increase is the smallest since 1999-2000.
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The US government has announced a record increase in Medicare premiums for 2005, and all depending which side you&#39;re on in the Presidential race, it&#39;s either an enhanced package for senior citizens, or the elderly population is being socked with the
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The Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday afternoon the largest increase ever in Medicare premiums, an increase of over 17 percent that will affect 38.
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Many elderly and disabled Americans participating in the Medicare drug benefit next year will have more plans to choose from as the number of companies offering coverage nationwide jumps to 17.
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About half of cost-of-living adjustment to Social Security benefit to go to Medicare premium hike. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Social Security beneficiaries will likely get about $24 a month more next year under
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Payments to Social Security recipients and most federal retirees will increase 2.3 percent in January. It is the smallest cost-of-living adjustment since 2003, reflecting a lower rate of inflation.
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WASHINGTON - Medicare premiums for doctor visits will rise 17 percent next year, the largest increase in the program's 40-year history, the Bush administration said Friday.    Monthly payments for Part B of the government health care program - doctor visits and most other non-hospital expenses - will jump to $78.20 from $66.60...
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WASHINGTON -- Indiana workers and those in 34 other states saw health insurance premiums rise nearly three times faster than average earnings in the past four years, a study based on federal data shows.
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Numerous media reports have indicated big increases for Medicare and employer-sponsored health insurance premiums and for the number of Americans lacking health insurance.
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WASHINGTON - Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record $11.60 a month next year. The Bush administration says the increase reflects a strengthened Medicare, while Democrats complain that seniors are being unfairly socked...
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More than 47 million Americans receiving Social Security will get a 2.7 percent increase -- an extra $25, on average -- in their monthly checks next year, but much of the increase will be eaten up by higher Medicare premiums.
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Medicare premiums will rise 17.4 percent next year, or $11.60 a month, the largest dollar increase in the program&#39;s 40-year history, the US Health and Human Services Department said Friday.
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The cost of health insurance premiums in the US rose three times faster than earning over the past four years, according to a report released today from the nonprofit Families USA.
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We shouldn&#39;t have been so shocked when the Bush administration sneaked out the news under cover of the Labor Day weekend that the Medicare Part B monthly premium is rising next year by 17.
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Retirees for a third straight year are paying double-digit increases for healthcare coverage through their former employers, which are shifting a greater share of the cost to new retirees, according to a study released yesterday.
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The Bush administration said that Democratic proposals to hold down the scheduled 17 percent increase in Medicare premiums next year would lead to much higher premiums in 2006.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News)  -- The three-year-old Medicare Part D drug program is seeing the number of its enrollees climb, even as costs for the program fall, U.S. health officials announced Thursday.