- Medicare's Financial Outlook Slightly Improved, Trustees Say Kaiser Health News by Phil Galewitz—The Trump administration said Thursday that the financial outlook for Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund improved in the past year due to health costs rising more slowly than expected and predictions that enrollees will use hospital services less often. The report said that trust fund would last through 2029, one year later than what was projected last year. Two years ago, 2030 was the projected depletion date. Medicare Part B premiums—which cover visits to physicians and other outpatient costs—should remain stable next year, the trustees said. About a quarter of Part B costs are paid for by beneficiary premiums with the rest from the federal budget.