Medicare Program; Monthly Actuarial Rates and Monthly Supplementary Medical Insurance Premium Rate Beginning January 1, 2001

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In accordance with section 1839 of the Social Security Act, this notice announces the monthly actuarial rates for aged (aged 65 and over) and disabled (under age 65) enrollees in the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) program for 2001. It also announces the monthly SMI premium to be paid by all enrollees during 2001. The monthly actuarial rates for 2001 are $101.00 for aged enrollees and $132.00 for disabled enrolless. The monthly SMI premium rate for 2001 is $50.00. This compares to projections of the 2001 SMI premium of $49.90 in the 2000 Trustees Report and $57.00 in the 1998 Trustees Report. The 2000 premium rate was $45.50 and a good portion of the increase for 2001 is due to additional amounts of home health being transferred into Part B (the 2001 monthly premium includes $3.09 for home health services being transferred into Part B). The 2001 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 2001 (four-sixths) and the amount in Part B that is included in the premium calculation (four-sevenths).