HOUSTON — Senior citizens and people with disabilities who rely on Medicare for health coverage will pay more in 2026.

Medicare Part B premiums will jump nearly 10% next year, the largest increase in four years and the second-largest hike, in dollar terms, in the program’s history, CNN reports. The standard monthly premium for recipients who make less than $109,000 a year will be $202.90, an increase of $17.90 from 2025, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

That will eat up nearly one-third of the $56 monthly Social Security cost-of-living adjustment that retirees will receive in 2026.

“In a world in which people are concerned about the affordability of health care and all other needs, it’s pretty distressing that this increase is so large,” said Jeanne La

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