CMS is expected to announce 2012 Medicare rates as early as next week, and according to officials who oversee Medicare and Social Security, hikes to Medicare Part B premiums could eat a fourth of their Social Security increases.
Medicare Part B premiums have been frozen at 2009 levels for about 75 percent of Social Security recipients because there have not been increases in Social Security payments, according to the report.
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