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Premiums, Deductibles To Creep Up Next Year

Published on Fri Oct 19, 2018

Medicare premiums and deductibles will rise on Jan. 1. The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B enrollees will be $135.50 for 2019, a slight increase from $134 in 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in a release. “An estimated 2 million Medicare beneficiaries (about 3.5 percent) will pay less than the full Part B standard monthly [...]
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