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Medicare raises their deductibles and copays annually for hospital, doctors, skilled nursing, etc, and most medigap plans of course raise to meet the new deductibles, so the premiums must go up. Also, if you have an "attained age" policy, instead of issue age, then the premiums will go up each year when you have a birthday.

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