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Article: Largest Increase Ever Forecast for Medicare Part B Premiums in 2008; 22 Million Would Get No Boost in Social Security Checks as Result.
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- February 13, 2007
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medicare Part B premiums -- which cover doctors' visits, tests, and outpatient hospital care -- are forecast to increase by $15.90 in 2008, the largest amount in the history of the program, according to a new analysis by TREA Senior Citizens League. That would represent a 17 percent increase, from the current $93.50 per month to $109.40 per month.
A married couple could be faced with close to $400 in new premiums, in addition to the increasing cost of their prescription drug program, covered under Medicare Part D.
In addition, a little noticed section of the 2007 Budget and Economic Update released late ...