Tag: Medicare Part B
Expenditures are high and projected to rise because national healthcare costs are out of control. The 2024 Medicare Trustees Report (released this spring) got almost no attention, contained no bad news. It is true that, under current law, Medicare Part A – the Hospital Insurance (HI) program – faces a long-term deficit, but that deficit…
The brief’s key findings are: Even with Medicare coverage and ignoring long term care, retirees face sizable out-of-pocket costs for premiums, copays, and uncovered services. One way to gauge this burden is to look at how much these medical costs eat into their Social Security benefits and other income. After subtracting these costs, the typica…
