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Fact #3
Beneficiaries Out-of-Pocket Costs to Rise
As the Medicare system itself faces financial troubles, Medicare beneficiaries also
face higher costs. Today, beneficiaries pay nearly 30 percent of their health care costs
from their own pockets. In 1995, those costs averaged $2,563 per person to pay for
premiums, services and products not covered by Medicare. In the future, out-of-pocket
costs are expected to rise. |