Medicare Program; Monthly Actuarial Rates and Monthly Supplementary Medical Insurance Premium Rate Beginning January 1, 2002

الملخص

In accordance with section 1839 of the Social Security Act (the Act), this notice announces the monthly actuarial rates for aged (age 65 and over) and disabled (under age 65) enrollees in the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) program for 2002. It also announces the monthly SMI premium to be paid by all enrollees during 2002. The monthly actuarial rates for 2002 are $109.30 for aged enrollees and $123.10 for disabled enrollees. The monthly SMI premium rate for 2002 is $54.00. (The 2001 premium rate was $50.00). This compares to projections of the 2002 SMI premium of $58.50 in the 2001 Trustees Report and $54.50 in the 2000 Trustees Report. The 2002 Part B premium is not equal to 50 percent of the monthly actuarial rate because of the differential between the amount of home health that is transferred into Part B in 2002 (five-sixths) and the amount in Part B that is included in the premium calculation (five-sevenths). Included in the monthly premium rate is $3.91 for home health services being transferred into Part B.