Monthly Part B Premiums and Annual Percentage Increases

(By Tricia Neuman, Juliette Cubanski, and Meredith Freed for Kaiser Family Foundation published January 12, 2022)

In November 2021, CMS announced the monthly Medicare Part B premium would rise from $148.50 in 2021 to $170.10 in 2022, a 14.5% ($21.60) increase. This is the largest increase in dollar terms since the start of the program, even though premiums have risen faster in percentage terms on three other occasions in the last 20 years – 2016 (16.1%), 2010 (14.6%), and 2005 (17.4%). Continue reading here…

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