Tag: Medicare Part B
Medicare premiums depend on interaction with Social Security COLA. The Social Security Administration recently announced that, in 2017, beneficiaries will receive a cost-of-living adjustment of 0.3 percent. But about 70 percent of beneficiaries will not see any increase in their Social Security benefits because every dollar of the increase will go to pay for…
Beneficiaries need to repay Treasury loan, and underlying problem likely to persist. Congress solved a lot of problems with its Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. It avoided a standoff over the budget and the debt ceiling, provided breathing room for the Social Security Disability Insurance program, and eliminated profitable Social Security claiming strategies. It also…
