“Unless leaders on Capitol Hill get moving on a bipartisan solution, Congress will be leaving a very expensive lump of coal in the holiday stockings of seniors and disabled Americans.”
“If Congress does nothing, on January 1, millions of Medicare beneficiaries could face an unanticipated 52% increase in their Part B premiums and Part B deductibles will climb from $147 to $223. Just as importantly, this Medicare spike will impose even greater costs on employers’ retiree health plans and shift billions in Medicaid costs to state taxpayers in all fifty states.”
See full press release: https://www.nchc.org/without-congressional-action-cost-increases-to-hit-medicare-beneficiaries-just-after-the-holidays/