U.S. tweaks sliding scale for wealthier Medicare recipients

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U.S. tweaks sliding scale for wealthier Medicare recipients

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-tweaks-sliding-scale-wealthier-medicare-recipients-221655766.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GklseI0UBHyKLTVn7f568w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-12T221655Z_1_CBRE93B1PW900_RTROPTP_2_USA-FISCAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget at the White House in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget at the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's proposed 2014 budget would raise $50 billion over 10 years by increasing monthly premiums for wealthier Medicare recipients and tweaking the sliding scale on which the premiums are calculated, according to details released on Friday by the agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid. Currently, individual Medicare beneficiaries who make more than $85,000, but less than $107,000 pay a 35 percent premium for their outpatient and prescription drug benefits over the standard monthly Medicare rate. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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