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Old 12-04-2017, 03:11 PM #1
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Hello all hope everyones Thanksgiving was good well today I received my 2018 SSA Mailer with a break down of Monthly Benefit and Medicare Premium the 2.o % COLA the whole thing went toward Medicare PART B I just have Orginal Medicare just my medicare is taken out of my monthly SSDI benefit so the SSA 2018 Mailer with the breakdown my 2.0% the WHOLE COLA went towards Medicare Part B so my monthly benefit stayed the same as it was in 2017 did anyone else get their 2018 SSA mailer with breakdown and did your whole Cola of 2.0% go towards Medicare and did your monthly benefits stayed the same as it was in 2017? Let me know I think its so ridilious why give it to us
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I wonder how much it cost to print and mail a separate mailer for each person on SS just to announce no real increase?
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Medicare and SS are separate agencies.

You might want to see what Advantage plans are available to you. Some will cover all or part of your Part B cost as well as meds. You can meet with a SHIP counselor for free to help you understand your options. Most (maybe all?) are PPOs which might effect your choices in doctors. If you do have a catastrophic illness though, it will cover the 20%. I have a Medigap policy, while expensive, I was grateful for when I recently had a new medical crisis.

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Hello all hope everyones Thanksgiving was good well today I received my 2018 SSA Mailer with a break down of Monthly Benefit and Medicare Premium the 2.o % COLA the whole thing went toward Medicare PART B I just have Orginal Medicare just my medicare is taken out of my monthly SSDI benefit so the SSA 2018 Mailer with the breakdown my 2.0% the WHOLE COLA went towards Medicare Part B so my monthly benefit stayed the same as it was in 2017 did anyone else get their 2018 SSA mailer with breakdown and did your whole Cola of 2.0% go towards Medicare and did your monthly benefits stayed the same as it was in 2017? Let me know I think its so ridilious why give it to us
That is exactly what happened to me. It's a wash.
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That is exactly what happened to me. It's a wash.
Well, the Tax cuts removed 4% from medicare, its a full out attack now on the elderly and disabled now!

Instead of people ragging and complaining about government, their time better spent would be focusing on how COLA is figured to help the most fragile of our society!!
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