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HI 01001.012 Premiums and Surcharges Through 12/88

A. Operating Policy - General

Use premium and surcharge amounts from years past to answer questions from beneficiaries and to calculate past premiums where retroactive changes are in order.

B. Operating Policy - Past Premium and Surcharge Amounts

1. PREMIUM 7/66 - 3/68

The standard monthly premium was $3.

2. PREMIUM 4/68 - 6/70

The standard monthly premium was $4.

3. PREMIUMS AND SURCHARGES 7/70 - 9/73

  7/70 7/71 7/72 7/73 8/73 9/73
Standard $5.30 $5.60 $5.80 $5.80 $6.10 $6.30
10%  5.80  6.20  6.40  6.40  6.70  6.90
20%  6.40  6.70  7.00  7.00  7.30  7.60
30%  6.90  7.30  7.50  7.50  7.90  8.20
40% ​  7.80  8.10  8.10  8.50  8.80
50% ​ ​  8.70  8.70  9.20  9.50
60% ​ ​ ​  9.30  9.80 10.10

4. PREMIUMS AND SURCHARGES 7/74 - 7/77

  7/74 7/75 7/76 7/ 77
Standard $6.70  6.70  7.20  7.70
10%  7.40  7.40  7.90  8.50
20%  8.00  8.00  8.60  9.20
30%  8.70  8.70  9.40 10.00
40%  9.40  9.40 10.10 10.80
50% 10.10 10.10 10.80 11.60
60% 10.70 10.70 11.50 12.30
70% 11.40 11.40 12.20 13.10
80% ​ 12.10 13.00 13.90
90% ​ ​ 13.70 14.60
100% ​ ​ ​ 15.40

5. PREMIUMS AND SURCHARGES 7/78 - 7/82

  7/78 7/79 7/80 7/81 7/82
Standard $8.20 $8.70 $9.60 $11.00 $12.20
10%  9.00  9.60 10.60 12.10 13.40
20%  9.80 10.40 11.50 13.20 14.60
30% 10.70 11.30 12.50 14.30 15.90
40% 11.50 12.20 13.40 15.40 17.10
50% 12.30 13.10 14.40 16.50 18.30
60% 13.10 13.90 15.40 17.60 19.50
70% 13.90 14.80 16.30 18.70 20.70
80% 14.80 15.70 17.30 19.80 22.00
90% 15.60 16.50 18.20 20.90 23.20
100% 16.40 17.40 19.20 22.00 24.40
110% 17.20 18.30 20.20 23.10 25.60
120% ​ 19.10 21.10 24.20 26.80
130% ​ ​ 22.10 25.30 28.10
140% ​ ​ ​ 26.40 29.30
150% ​ ​ ​ ​ 30.50
160% ​ ​ ​ ​ *31.70

*The 160% surcharge did not become payable until 7/83, based on a 1983 GEP enrollment.

6. PREMIUMS AND SURCHARGES 1983

There was no increase in the promulgated premium in 1983. (The effective month for new premiums was changed during 1983 from July to January.)

7. PREMIUMS AND SURCHARGES 1/84 - 1/88

  1/84 1/85 1/86 1/87 1/88
Standard $14.60 $15.50 $15.50 $17.90 $24.80
10%  16.10  17.10  17.10  19.70  27.30
20%  17.50  18.60  18.60  21.50  29.80
30%  19.00  20.20  20.20  23.30  32.20
40%  20.40  21.70  21.70  25.10  34.70
50%  21.90  23.30  23.30  26.90  37.20
60%  23.40  24.80  24.80  28.60  39.70
70%  24.80  26.40  26.40  30.40  42.20
80%  26.30  27.90  27.90  32.20  44.60
90%  27.70  29.50  29.50  34.00  47.10
100%  29.20  31.00  31.00  35.80  49.60
110%  30.70  32.60  32.60  37.60  52.10
120%  32.10  34.10  34.10  39.40  54.60
130%  33.60  35.70  35.70  41.20  57.00
140%  35.00  37.20  37.20  43.00  59.50
150%  36.50  38.80  38.80  44.80  62.00
160%  38.00  40.30  40.30  46.50  64.50
170% *39.40  41.90  41.90  48.30  67.00
180% ​ *43.40  43.40  50.10  69.40
190% ​ ​ *45.00  51.90  71.90
200% ​ ​ ​ *53.70  74.40
210% ​ ​ ​ ​ *76.90

*The higher surcharges became payable as of the July after the effective date of the premium increase, based on enrollments during the GEPs of the respective calendar years.

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HI 01001.012 - Premiums and Surcharges Through 12/88 - 03/20/2007
Batch run: 03/20/2007
Rev:03/20/2007