What are the Medicare Part A hospital deductible and coinsurance charges in 2000?
For the first 60 days in a benefit period, a Medicare patient is responsible for paying a deductible which is the first $776 of all covered inpatient hospital services in 2000; this deductible was $768 in 1999. The daily coinsurance charge that a Medicare beneficiary is responsible for paying for hospital care for the 61st through the 90th day increases to $194 from $192. If a beneficiary uses “lifetime reserve” days (the extra 60 hospital days a beneficiary can use when more than 90 days of hospital care is needed in each benefit period), he or she will be responsible for paying $388 a day for each reserve day used, instead of the 1999 charge of $384 per day. In addition, the daily coinsurance charge a beneficiary is responsible for paying for care in a skilled nursing facility for the 21st through the 100th day increases to $97 from $96. 5. What other basic information should railroad retirement beneficiaries know about the Medicare program in 2000? In addition to the Original Medica
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