Hi all.
My cousin just sent me an email containing the following paragraph. Naturally her antennae is up as is mine.

Here is what she wrote to me:

"I keep getting emails from various sources stating that under Obamacare the current Medicare premium of $96.40 which is deducted from our Social Security checks is going up to $247.50 in 2014! That' a big chunk (approx. $500 per couple) out of household income. When I went to the government website to verify this, it only gives (in pdf form) 974 pages out of the 2,700-page law. It makes me wonder if the government isn't presenting the entire healthcare bill, "just what is it that they don't want us to know?" Anybody know a way to verify this? C"


Is this possible. If so, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DOOMED!!

Melody

Don't worry. Just tell her to delete it.
Was it one of those multiple fwds??


According to snopes.com & other sites - that is a false/fake/spoofed email rumor
snopes.com is a great place to check for truth/false of these things.

I Googled "2014 medicare premium rate"

and got these and more -
http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/medicare.asp
http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/201...rumors-return/

I'll be sure and check out your links. And thanks so much

Melody

Another clue that the above is spam.....If true, the above would have been FRONT PAGE news in all the newspapers, breaking news on FOX, MSNBC, CNN and your tv local news outlets etc.

We must remember...not everything on the internet is true. Heck, this is an election year, half of what we hear on TV is not true! LOL

Keep informed and educate yourself on what is important.