Medicare Premiums To Rise 5.6% in '07
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Most seniors will have to pay 5.6 percent more for basic Medicare coverage next year, officials announced yesterday. But premiums for more affluent beneficiaries will increase by as much as 83 percent, because the federal government for the first time will require wealthier people to pay more.
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Sept. 4, 2004 - The largest cost increase in the history of the Medicare program - 17.4 percent for those with Part B â-as announced for 2005 yesterday by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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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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Medicare patients&#39; monthly premiums for outpatient care will jump a record $11.60 next year, while deductibles for hospitalized patients will rise $36, the biggest jump in 14 years.
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Medicare premiums in the US will increase by 17.4 percent in 2005, the largest single increase in the 40 year history of the program.
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* Increases of 6 to 7 percent in premiums -- and more in small firms.
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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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The U.S. Medicare program will charge   lower than expected premiums next year in the U.S. health   insurance plan for the elderly, but wealthier recipients for   the first time will pay more for doctor visits and other care   outside the hospital.
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Employers' health premiums rose 11.2 percent this year, according to a benchmark study released yesterday that reinforces voter concerns about the US healthcare system.
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Physician reimbursement accounts for a third of the increase, and it could become a target for political battle. Washington -- The steep rise in next year&#39;s Medicare Part B premiums can be tied in part to
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Costs of employer-sponsored health plans are expected to climb an average of 8 percent in 2005, the first time in five years increases have been in single digits.
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Oct. 7, 2004 - Medicare Advantage plans, the group program option to fee-for-service Medicare, are seeking to expand coverage to 1.6 more seniors and persons with disabilities and also lowering the cost
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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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Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States are rising five times faster than workers&#39; earnings, a survey released Thursday shows.
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The Bush administration is advancing a proposal to levy higher premiums and deductibles on upper-income seniors enrolled in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, raising fees on beneficiaries with incomes over about $80,000 a year, administration officials said yesterday.
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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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Health insurance costs are going up, and up, and up. And in some cases, up some more. Premiums for employer-sponsored plans rose by 11.