A federal program that pays the Medicare Part B premium for low-income people with Medicare will end on September 30 unless Congress extends the program.
"Congress must not turn its back on older and disabled Americans with low incomes who depend on Medicare premium support to allow them to afford Medicare," said Robert M. Hayes, president of the Medicare Rights Center, a national consumer group. "Without premium assistance, some poor Americans with Medicare will drop their critical Medicare outpatient coverage altogether, or go without essentials to pay for it."
The standard monthly Medicare Part B premium is currently $93.50 but expected to rise in 2008. Medicare Part B covers services such as doctors' visits, laboratory tests, and outpatient care.
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