Medicare Premiums to Rise 15 Percent-( as Costs Jump?)

The companies’s balance sheet is to be gone through with a fine tooth comb and determine their profit margins,, details of claims not settled, partly settled.
I suspect this a cartel reaction to browbeat the adminstration to drop bringing in new authority to run insurance reforms.They might force the Govt.to come to negotiating table stating that the premiums won’t rise, if the govt. drops the Public Authority proposal.
Story:
WASHINGTON — The basic Medicare premium will shoot up next year by 15 percent, to $110.50 a month, federal officials said Monday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/health/policy/20health.html?hp