Monthly Medicare to increase $11.60
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Federal officials say rising costs, increased payments and some new benefits mean Medicare must raise its Part B premium 17% next year for most of the nearly 42 million seniors and disabled people covered by the program.
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HE new, sharply higher charges announced for Medicare beneficiaries last week may prompt more elderly people to join Medicare health maintenance organizations operated by private industry
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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 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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The cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 percent this year, according to an authoritative national survey reported Thursday.
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The Bush administration said Wednesday that extra money it is paying Medicare managed care plans is leading to lower costs and better services for patients.
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The cost of employee health coverage rose 7.7 percent this year, more than double the overall inflation rate and well ahead of the increase in the incomes of workers.
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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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More than 47 million Americans will get a 2.7 percent increase in their Social Security checks starting in January, meaning an additional &#36;25 per month for the typical retiree. But almost half of that gain will be gobbled up by a record increase in Medicare premiums.
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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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The M.T.A. approved a plan for fare increases that will raise the price of a monthly fare card by $6 to $76 next year.
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Health care costs for employers in the US will increase by and average of 11.3 percent in 2005, according to human resources services firm Hewitt Associates.
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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 cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 per cent this year, according to the results of an authoritative national survey.
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A new study provides further evidence that health insurance is getting more expensive. It says family premiums in employer-sponsored health plans have jumped 11.
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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.