Earlier this week, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Xavier Becerra directed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reassess the recommendation for the 14.5% Part B Premium increase for 2022.
One of the main reasons given for the large Part B premium increase in 2022 was based on the cost of a new drug to treat Alzeimer's (Aduhelm) which recently cut the price by 50%. A Part B premium change in the middle of the year has never really been done before, so we shall see what comes of this... https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/becerra-tells-cms-reassess-2022-medicare-part-b-premiums
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