Percent of Enrollees Paying Part D Medicare's Income-Related Premiums

According to an issue brief by the Kaiser Family Foundation, an estimated 5% of the 42.2 million Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Part D plans pay higher income-related amounts in addition to their specific Part D plan monthly premium amounts. Below is the data:

Of the 2.1 million Part D enrollees who pay the Part D income-related premium:

• 0.8 million (2%) pay 35% of Part D program costs.
• 0.7 million (2%) pay 50% of Part D program costs.
• 0.2 million (1%) pay 65% of Part D program costs.
• 0.4 million (1%) pay 80% of Part D program costs.

Note: Data is from 2015.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation