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SOME PEOPLE WILL PAY MORE!
| The Medicare Part B Premium Costs have been established for 2010. The Part B premium is increased each year, if necessary, to fund about 25% of the projected cost of Part B. In 2010, most people will continue to pay the 2009 Part B premium of $96.40 even though the 2010 standard monthly premium is $110.50. Some people will pay the $110.50, or more for Part B.
The Non Commissioned Officers Association strongly believes that all Medicare Part B enrollees should pay the same premium cost. Legislation to enact this change is stalled in the United States Senate. Here are the announced changes to the Medicare Part B Premiums as available at http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/11444.pdf.
1. Social Security Recipients NO CHANGE in Premiums for most recipients. Most people have their Part B premiums deducted from their monthly Social Security Benefit Check. Since there was no Cost of Living Increase for 2010 their benefits will not increase. The Social Security Act protects most people from having a decrease in their Social Security benefits from one year to the next because of an increase in the Part B premium. This means that for most people who have the Part B premium deducted from their Social Security benefit check that they will continue to pay the $96.40 each month.
2. Who will pay $110.50 (OR MORE) for their Part B Premium?
People who get Part B beginning January 1, 2010 or later will pay the increased premium of $110.50 BUT may pay more based on their income. See the chart below:
Your Yearly Adjusted Gross Income in 2008
(Medicare goes back 2 years as a matter of policy)
File Individual File Joint Tax You Pay a Part B
Tax Return Return Premium of
$85,001 -$107,000 $170,001 – $214,000 $154.70
$107,001 - $160,000 $214,001 - $320,000 $221.00
$160,001 - $214,000 $320,001 - $428,000 $287.30
Above $214,000 Above $428,000 $353.60
People who have Part B but don’t get Social Security benefits will pay the increased Part B premium.
States that pay the Medicare Part B premium on behalf of people through the state’s Medicaid Program will also pay the increased Part B premium. Since 49 of the 50 States have deficit state budgets these increased costs effectively impacts most every state.
Join the NCOA Action Team by participating in the Associations Legislative Alert Grass Roots Program by sending an email message to YOUR SENATORS to STOP THE SCHEDULED INCREASE FOR SOME MEDICARE PART B ENROLLEES. A proposed email message that is fully editable by you is available at: http://www.capwiz.com/ncoausa/home/. Join the people of the United States who believe that Congress should act in the best interest of the citizens they represent. Send your email and be a part of the NCOA Grassroots America Campaign.
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