Medicare Part B

In: Health Care Issues, Costs and Access

Abstract

Intro -- MEDICARE PART B PREMIUMS AND HIGH-EXPENDITURE DRUGS -- MEDICARE PART B PREMIUMS AND HIGH-EXPENDITURE DRUGS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 MEDICARE: PART B PREMIUMS* -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- MEDICARE PART B ELIGIBILITY AND ENROLLMENT -- Initial Enrollment Periods -- General Enrollment Period -- LATE-ENROLLMENT PREMIUM PENALTY AND EXCEPTIONS -- Calculation of Penalty -- Exemptions to Penalty -- Current Workers -- Certain Military Retirees -- International Volunteers -- Equitable Relief -- COLLECTION OF THE PART B PREMIUM -- Deduction of Part B Premiums from Social Security Checks -- Part B Enrollees Who Do Not Receive Social Security Benefits -- DETERMINING THE PART B PREMIUM -- Premium Calculation for 201344 -- Contingency Reserve -- INCOME-RELATED PREMIUMS -- Determination of Income -- Income Thresholds and Premium Adjustments -- PREMIUM ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME BENEFICIARIES -- Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMBs) -- Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMBs) -- Qualifying Individuals (QIs) -- PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FROM INCREASES IN MEDICARE PART B PREMIUMS -- PART B PREMIUMS OVER TIME -- CURRENT ISSUES -- Premium Amount and Annual Increases -- Proposals to Modify the Late Enrollment Penalty -- Proposals to Require a Part B Premium Surcharge for Beneficiaries in Medigap Plans with Near First-Dollar Coverage -- Deficit Reduction -- APPENDIX A. HISTORY OF THE PART B PREMIUM STATUTORY POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY -- APPENDIX B. STANDARD AND HIGH-INCOME PART B PREMIUMS AND INCOME THRESHOLDS: 2007-2013 -- APPENDIX C. ESTIMATED FUTURE PART B PREMIUMS -- APPENDIX D. PART A PREMIUMS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 MEDICARE: HIGH-EXPENDITURE PART B DRUGS* -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- BACKGROUND