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GAO-09-69R 1 (2008-10-06)

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T V   WAccountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548

          B-317194


          October 6, 2008

          The Honorable Max Baucus
          Chairman
          The Honorable Charles E. Grassley
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Finance
          United States Senate

          The Honorable Charles B. Rangel
          Chairman
          The Honorable Jim McCrery
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Ways and Means
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and
                  Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Part A Premium for Calendar Year
                  2009 for the UninsuredAged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who Have
                  Exhausted Other Entitlement

          Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a
          major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers
          for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), entitled Medicare Program; Part A
          Premium for Calendar Year 2009 for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled
          Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement (RIN: 0938-AP04). We received
          the rule on September 19, 2008. It was published in the Federal Register as a notice
          on September 24, 2008. 73 Fed. Reg. 55,096.

          The notice announces Medicare's Hospital Insurance (Part A) premium for
          uninsured enrollees in calendar year (CY) 2009. This premium is to be paid by
          enrollees age 65 and over who are not otherwise eligible for benefits under Medicare
          Part A and by certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement.

          The monthly Part A premium for the 12 months beginning January 1, 2009, for these
          individuals will be $443. The reduced premium for certain other individuals will be
          $244.


GAO-09-69R

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