{"id":25235,"date":"2025-12-03T10:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25235"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:20:30","slug":"prepare-to-shell-out-more-money-for-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25235","title":{"rendered":"Prepare to shell out more money for Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) has released several important updates for 2026 Medicare, including Part B premiums and deductibles. Why is this important? The cost of Medicare Part B will substantially increase in 2026, going from $185 to $202.90 (note SSA rounds down). Maurie Backman, writing for The Motley Fool, explains what Medicare beneficiaries should expect in 2026. Read Ms. Backman\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2025\/12\/02\/medicare-part-b-premiums-are-rising-in-2026-heres\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2025\/12\/02\/medicare-part-b-premiums-are-rising-in-2026-heres\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"wp-image-7924\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) has released several important updates for 2026 Medicare, including Part B premiums<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,21,6],"tags":[80,385,238,61,94],"class_list":["post-25235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-general","tag-cms","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-finance","tag-medicare","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25236,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25235\/revisions\/25236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}