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“The basic Medicare premium will shoot up next year by 15 percent, to $110.50 a month, federal officials said Monday,” The New York Times reports. “The increase means that monthly premiums would top $100 for the first time, a stark indication of the rise in medical costs that is driving the debate in Congress about a broad overhaul of the health care system.

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