On a lighter note, did you notice every time your S.S. check increases,

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12-12-2017, 01:14 PM
wyliec

On a lighter note, did you notice every time your S.S. check increases,

your monthly medicare bill (Part A, I think) increases? How does that happen?

As it turns out, this year I'm $7 ahead per month with my SS check. I need to send a thank you card to someone, but don't know who?

Jack,

If you read this, I'm thinking of purchasing another Guy Harvey hoodie with the extra cash. I bought one at Guy Harvey's store, in the Cayman's, to wear to work to see if someone tells me not to wear it. So far so good. Of course the hood is in the relaxed mode at work. It's actually a hoodie shirt; so, I don't know if that counts.
12-12-2017, 02:33 PM
Chupaca

Congrats....👍

Mine has now gone up for the cost of living increase but the deductions make the final check smaller than last year...:banghead::banghead: if you find who to thank tell them I'm looking for them....:roflblack:and
12-12-2017, 02:38 PM
oldguyinTX

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Originally Posted by Chupaca

Mine has now gone up for the cost of living increase but the deductions make the final check smaller than last year...:banghead::banghead: if you find who to thank tell them I'm looking for them....:roflblack:and

Ditto. But hey, what do you expect from an "entitlement" program. I guess we're lucky that we actually get something.
12-12-2017, 02:39 PM
exwinger

Thanks ??

I gained a whopping $1 per month.
12-12-2017, 02:44 PM
pegasus1300

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Originally Posted by wyliec

your monthly medicare bill (Part A, I think) increases? How does that happen?

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Actually it is your part(B). And yes I have noticed that . In fact it seems that by the time I get my COLA enough other things have gone up by about that same amount that I am behind.
12-12-2017, 03:00 PM
murphybrown

Dang Jack that is like WOW..

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Originally Posted by wyliec

your monthly medicare bill (Part A, I think) increases? How does that happen?

As it turns out, this year I'm $7 ahead per month with my SS check. I need to send a thank you card to someone, but don't know who?

Jack,

If you read this, I'm thinking of purchasing another Guy Harvey hoodie with the extra cash. I bought one at Guy Harvey's store, in the Cayman's, to wear to work to see if someone tells me not to wear it. So far so good. Of course the hood is in the relaxed mode at work. It's actually a hoodie shirt; so, I don't know if that counts.

My net increase was $1....the wonders o Government spending at work. Oh well, I can still ryde...Have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS
12-12-2017, 03:56 PM
IdahoMtnSpyder

I'm either lucky or live right, I don't know which! I have a whopping $10 increase from 2017 to 2018. First net increase since 2015! :clap:
12-12-2017, 04:06 PM
ARtraveler

I have not received any notification from SS yet. I will live in blissful ignorance until such time. :roflblack::roflblack:
12-12-2017, 06:25 PM
DJFaninTN

at least you are getting a check. by the time I ever get that age, it will be long gone :banghead:
12-12-2017, 11:07 PM
canamjhb

Well, my ss income was suppose to increase by 2% according to the politicians who want my vote. The reality is that my medicare payment increased by 28%. That makes my 2% increase a whopping $12.00 They givith and they takeith away.....
12-12-2017, 11:16 PM
UtahPete

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Originally Posted by wyliec

your monthly medicare bill (Part A, I think) increases?

Not for those on socialized medicine. VA.
12-13-2017, 05:58 AM
wyliec

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Originally Posted by UtahPete

Not for those on socialized medicine. VA.

If you go to the VA, when you're at the age for Medicare, you must have a service connected disability; I don't have one of those.
12-13-2017, 09:02 AM
d.o.spyder-rts

My increase is $25, however, I don't have to enroll in medicare yet. Max earnings for those that work and are under age 66 (full retirement age) increased to $17,040. Dale
12-13-2017, 09:10 AM
Bob Denman

:shocked: I'm glad that I've still got a bit over five years to wait for all of this. It'll have some time to get sorted out... I HOPE!! :pray:
12-13-2017, 09:38 AM
Orange Spyder Man

Your government wants EVERY DOLLAR YOU HAVE !!! ... (please read the previous statement again) then think... there are 100 Senators in Congress... and there are 435 Representatives in the house ... their soul purpose is to dream up new ways how they can implement NEW TAXES... they won't stop until they get 100% of every dollar you have....

osm
12-13-2017, 10:14 AM
Machinegunner

With the increase I'm going to get, I'll be able celebrate once a month by going to McDonalds, now that they have $1.00 meals.
12-13-2017, 10:18 AM
Bob Denman

:congrats: :clap: :2thumbs:
12-13-2017, 10:31 AM
UtahPete

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Originally Posted by Orange Spyder Man

Your government wants EVERY DOLLAR YOU HAVE !!! ... (please read the previous statement again) then think... there are 100 Senators in Congress... and there are 435 Representatives in the house ... their soul purpose is to dream up new ways how they can implement NEW TAXES... they won't stop until they get 100% of every dollar you have.... osm

Assuming you're right, what is your solution?
12-13-2017, 10:32 AM
UtahPete

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Originally Posted by wyliec

If you go to the VA, when you're at the age for Medicare, you must have a service connected disability; I don't have one of those.

That's not correct. But, it doesn't matter.
12-13-2017, 11:12 AM
JerryB

Hi Pete,

Re: That's not correct. But, it doesn't matter.

You beat me to it. My brother and a number of friends go to the VA and I know that they do not have any 'service connected' disabilities.

Jerry Baumchen

PS) For over 35 yrs now, I have been saying: The average American voter is uninformed and prefers to stay that way.
12-13-2017, 11:59 AM
UtahPete

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Originally Posted by JerryB

Hi Pete, Re: That's not correct. But, it doesn't matter. You beat me to it. My brother and a number of friends go to the VA and I know that they do not have any 'service connected' disabilities. Jerry Baumchen PS) For over 35 yrs now, I have been saying: The average American voter is uninformed and prefers to stay that way.

Yup. As a boots-on-the-ground Vietnam combat veteran, I get all my medical care at the VA for the last 9 years, ever since they expanded the eligibility to include people like me (not retired military, don't have a combat-related disability, but was in-country in an active war zone). Prior to that, I was exposed to all the horrors of the civilian health-care payment system, with its pre-existing condition exclusions and the like.

The average American voter is uninformed and prefers to stay that way. Exactly; explains a lot of the stupidity of recent years.nojoke
12-13-2017, 12:43 PM
wyliec

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Originally Posted by UtahPete

That's not correct. But, it doesn't matter.

I was going to the VA. If I continued to go, I would have been paying what I would have to a private physician for office visits, and any surgery would have been the going rate at non-VA hospitals. I was going to provide a link; but, since you like to argue over every little thing, I won't bother. I have Tricare for Life, which also changes my eligibility and classification with the VA.
12-13-2017, 12:49 PM
UtahPete

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Originally Posted by wyliec

I was going to the VA. If I continued to go, I would have been paying what I would have to a private physician for office visits, and any surgery would have been the going rate at non-VA hospitals. I was going to provide a link; but, since you like to argue over every little thing, I won't bother.

No, I don't. :joke:
12-13-2017, 01:07 PM
wyliec

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Originally Posted by JerryB

Hi Pete,

Re: That's not correct. But, it doesn't matter.

You beat me to it. My brother and a number of friends go to the VA and I know that they do not have any 'service connected' disabilities.

Jerry Baumchen

PS) For over 35 yrs now, I have been saying: The average American voter is uninformed and prefers to stay that way.

Jerry,

I thought for some reason that UP was retired military. But, before they originally let me into the VA for health services (under a waiver), I had to meet a ceiling threshold for income. That came about I believe in 2005. So, if you were lucky enough to enroll in the VA before that year (which I am not sure of), you could have income of any amount and still qualify for VA services. When I was going, I was in a category that had to pay; but, it was no where close to going outside the VA.

I actually wrote a letter to Hillary when she was a Representative of NY. She was useless, and knew less about the VA than she knew about her husband. Bob D., are you snickering at that comment?
12-13-2017, 01:30 PM
UtahPete

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Originally Posted by wyliec

I actually wrote a letter to Hillary when she was a Representative of NY. She was useless, and knew less about the VA than she knew about her husband. Bob D., are you snickering at that comment?

I wouldn't expect any politician to know much about the VA, but I like the comment anyhow. They were both out of touch with the common man.