Other Rates Increasing, Too

Meanwhile, Medicare increased several other rates. The Part B annual deductible will be $131, up from the current $124, and the Part A deductible paid by hospital inpatients, the beneficiary’s only cost for up to 60 days of such care in a year, will increase to $992 from $952. Beneficiaries will have to pay an additional $248 per day for days 61-90 and $496 per day for days beyond 90, up from $238 and $476. The daily coinsurance for the 21st through 100th day in a skilled nursing facility (Medicare provides only limited nursing care benefits) will be $124, up from $119. Premiums paid by the small percentage of enrollees who have to pay monthly Part A premiums also are increasing by $10-$17 per month, depending on the number of quarters of covered employment the person had.