Article: Lower Your Medicare Premiums.

Article: Medicare Part B premiums can be cut after retirement
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 8, 2008 ;     434 words ......every month. The premiums and income limits...in 2008. Now, joint filers who earned $164...2006 pays higher premiums. Joint filers who earned up...20 per month. Premiums gradually increase...month -- for joint filers who earned more...

Article: Coping With High Medicare Premiums.
Kiplinger's Ask Kim Web Column;  December 6, 2007 ;     357 words ......may be able to get your premiums reduced if your income...If approved, any excess premiums can be refunded retroactively...life-changing event. But your premiums should go back down again...back to normal. In 2008, joint filers who earned $164,000 or...122.20 per month. The premiums ...

Article: Medicare Premiums to Increase.
Kiplinger's Ask Kim Web Column;  November 5, 2007 ;     288 words ......Editors premiums going to be in 2008? For the second year, the premiums for Medicare Part B will vary based on your income...married filing jointly. Everyone else pays higher premiums. These are the monthly premiums for single and joint filers ...

Article: 650 percent rise in premiums puts us at mercy of IHT.
Daily Mail (London);  June 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ......inheritance tax bills because huge rises in premiums have made the cover unaffordable. The...being asked to meet a steep increase in premiums. Customers most at risk are those with...on a maximum sum assured basis, where premiums are competitively priced in the early...

Article: Premiums and renewals don't mix. (column)
Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management;  May 1, 1986 ;     700+ words ...Premiums and renewals don't mix In FOLIO:'s September issue, this...page 125). A deeper look into the general subject of premiums offered to potential subscribers is presented here. How...a subscription (such as a chance to win $10 million), premiums are training them to expect some kind of gift with ...

Article: Rising premiums will increase number of uninsured and boost uncompensated care.(rising health insurance premiums)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Health Care Strategic Management;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Rising health insurance premiums will increase the number of insured, and premiums are rising. The rule of thumb is that for each percentage point increase in premiums, the number of uninsured rises by 200,000. Premiums for employer-sponsored health...

Article: Medicare Drug Premiums Lower Than Expected
AP Online;  August 10, 2005 ;     570 words ......will spend about $5 less per month in premiums than originally anticipated because of...predict whether a $5 per month reduction in premiums will have much effect on enrollment rates...about the nitty-gritty details, such as premiums and cost-sharing," Neuman said. "But...

Article: Assessing potential enrollment and budgetary effects of SCHIP premiums: findings from Arizona and Kentucky.(Author abstract)(Report)
Health Services Research;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...BACKGROUND Premiums have become a prominent feature of public...By the end of 2004, 30 states had premiums in either their SCHIP or Medicaid waiver...to raise premium levels or to impose premiums for the first time on children living...

Article: Health care costs jumped 12% in 2006; Insurance premiums aren't keeping pace with spending. That could be trouble for consumers.(BUSINESS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 19, 2007 ;     593 words ......The good news is that health insurance premiums in Minnesota rose less than 7 percent...Minnesotans may see a bigger jump in premiums soon if hospital costs are not reined in. At some point, premiums have to catch up to costs, said Marcus...

Article: Medicare Premiums Will Surge For Some; Capital Gains Can Sharply Raise Part B Payments
The Washington Post;  December 28, 2006 ;     645 words ...When new income-based premiums for Medicare's Part B program go into...suddenly increasing seniors' Part B premiums without adequate warning," Shannon...indeed have to pay more for their 2007 premiums because of large 2005 capital gains...

Article: STATE AGENCY EYES PREMIUMS FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH COVERAGE
The Boston Globe;  January 21, 1998 ;     657 words ......a state agency is proposing to charge premiums to the families of about 27,600 children...insurance this year. While the proposed premiums are small -- from $14 a month for a family...or more -- consumer advocates say the premiums would discourage families from signing...

Article: RCMA STOPS COLLECTING PREMIUMS.(Business)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 14, 1989 ;     585 words ......stopped, at least temporarily, collecting premiums for its member farmers on fluid milk...milk they sell. It is estimated that premiums have provided an extra $2,500 annually...RCMA's decision to largely stop collecting premiums, imposed above the federally mandated...

Article: MEDIBANK'S PREMIUMS MAY FALL IF SOLD-OFF: AUST GOVT REPORT.
AsiaPulse News;  November 1, 2006 ;     401 words ......Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Medibank Private's premiums could fall by as much as six per cent...of privatisation on health insurance premiums. The report, by Canberra-based firm CRA...lowering real public health insurance premiums . The government is today tabling the...

Article: VA REDUCES SGLI PREMIUMS FOR MILITARY AND FAMILY COVERAGE
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  April 10, 2003 ;     409 words ......of Veterans Affairs has announced that premiums for the Service members Group Life Insurance...military compensation, welcomed the reduced premiums, adding that anytime you put "more money...members, it's always a good result." Premiums will also be reduced for SGLI family...