You may also want to make sure that premiums won't rise with your age.

The administration said last week that the premium would rise to $87.70 next year.

The premium, now $29.90, will rise next year to $31.80 under current law.

A hospital and basic medical premium for a family would rise 19 percent, to $251.35 from $210.85.

Premiums rose at three times the rate of inflation in the 1980's.

Premiums for people remaining in the program would probably rise.

For the first half of 2002, earned premiums rose 16 percent.

Federal employees already know that their premiums will rise by an average of 12 percent or more.

The company said it did not expect premiums to rise as a result of the agreement.

In actual dollars the premiums would rise from $17.90 to $24.80.