Medicare Premiums Rising 17 Percent in 2005
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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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Health insurance premiums for workers are rising around three times faster than their wages, and health costs eat up a quarter of earnings for more than 14 million Americans, according to a survey on Tuesday.
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CHICAGO: Health insurance premiums rose five times faster than US workersâ salaries this year, according to a survey released last Thursday that also showed slippage in the percentage of American workers covered by employer health plans.
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Description: An increase in Medicare premiums announced this month is raising the issue&#39;s profile on the 2004 campaign trail. NPR&#39;s Julie Rovner assesses both major party presidential candidates&#39; claims about Medicare.
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WASHINGTON - Job-based health insurance premiums jumped an average of 11.2 percent this year, according to a new survey of employers released Thursday.
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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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Medicare premiums for doctor visits will rise 17 percent next year, the Bush administration said Friday. The &#36;11.60-a-month increase is the largest in the program's 40-year-history.
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Health insurance premiums rose five  times faster than U.S. workers' salaries this year, according  to a survey released on Thursday that also showed slippage in  the percentage of American workers covered by employer health  plans.
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Sept. 9, 2004 -- Employee-sponsored health insurance premiums rose an average of 11.2% between spring 2003 and spring 2004, now averaging just under $10,000 per year for the average worker with a family of
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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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US Medicare patients&#39; monthly premiums for outpatient care will jump a record US$11.60 next year, while deductibles for hospitalized patients will rise US$36, the biggest increase in 14 years, reported Monday&#39;s China Daily.
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Retirees who receive health benefits from their former employers saw premiums shoot up an average of 25 percent this year, a new study says.
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Hit with a record-high increase in Medicare premiums, seniors also are being bombarded with competing claims by the presidential candidates over who to blame.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The new Medicare prescription drug plan was largely responsible for an 18.7 percent increase in Medicare spending in 2006, which was double the increase in spending from the year before, U.S. health officials report.
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As the Labor Day weekend began, federal health officials held a late-afternoon briefing to announce that 42 million disabled and elderly Medicare beneficiaries will be hit with the largest premium increase in 14 years.
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Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums increased an average of 11.2% in 2004 -- less than last yearâs 13.9% increase, but still the fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth, according to the 2004 Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey
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Health premiums rose five times faster than US workers&#39; salaries this year, according to a survey released on Thursday, a trend analysts said is likely to throw more people into the ranks of the uninsured.