Thursday, November 12, 2015

2016 Medicare Pt B Premiums - NOT AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT!

This from Medicare.gov
https://www.medicare.gov/your-medicare-costs/part-b-costs/part-b-costs.html

2016

In 2016, the standard Part B premium amount will be $121.80 (or higher depending on your income). Most people who get Social Security benefits will continue to pay a Part B premium of $104.90 each month. You'll pay a different premium amount in 2016 if: 
  • You enroll in Part B for the first time in 2016.
  • You don't get Social Security benefits.
  • You have Medicare and Medicaid, and Medicaid pays your premiums.
  • Your modified adjusted gross income as reported on your IRS tax return from 2 years ago is above a certain amount.
If you're in 1 of these 4 groups, here's what you'll pay:
If your yearly income in 2014 (for what you pay in 2016) wasYou pay (in 2016)
File individual tax returnFile joint tax returnFile married & separate tax return
$85,000 or less$170,000 or less$85,000 or less$121.80
above $85,000 up to $107,000above $170,000 up to $214,000Not applicable$170.50
above $107,000 up to $160,000above $214,000 up to $320,000Not applicable$243.60
above $160,000 up to $214,000above $320,000 up to $428,000above $85,000 and up to $129,000$316.70
above $214,000above $428,000above $129,000$389.80
Get more information about your Part B premium from Social Security.

Part B deductible & coinsurance

You pay $147 per year for your Part B deductible ($166 in 2016). After your deductible is met, you typically pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount for most doctor services (including most doctor services while you're a hospital inpatient), outpatient therapy, and durable medical equipment.

Friday, November 6, 2015

MY 89 YR OLD FATHER'S LATEST POST

Rev. Robert A. Jones

Letters from the Old Domini

IN GOD WE TRUST:
    This motto exists on our money, official documents, on the walls of our government institutions, in all the official halls of Government. So routine is the motto that I wonder how much we pay much attention to it, and what it means to us when we see it. The God I know and believe in  also said: “He loves the World!” 

   I believe that means the people of the World. Therefore I recommend an addition to the motto: “HIS PEOPLE WE SERVE". Why just leave the motto to hang up there to be ignored, admired, decorate our national placards without also giving it a little interpretation.

   Our forefathers formed a system where the people would appoint individuals who would serve them to represent their needs and dreams. In other words our elected representatives are there to serve the people.
   It would do no harm to remind our glorious leaders why they hold their honorable positions. I would have liked to see this motto on the courtroom of that Texas judge who refuses to give newborn children birth certificates because their parents are poor immigrants, in the halls of our Supreme Court whose honorable judges ruled that a corporation is same as a person, in our congress who too often thinks that the welfare of the bankers and financial power lords is all they need be concerned about.
    The inequality between the wealthy and the poor, the plight of the aged, the infirm, the education system, the needs of our infrastructure, the dangerous deterioration of our environment, social Security, (I’m sure you could add your own lists to this.) are more important than spending millions of dollars on partisan investigations to perpetuate one,s power hold on government.
                 IN GOD WE TRUST
                 HIS PEOPLE WE SERVE

                                   Sincerely.
                                   The Old Domini
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HERE'S THE LATEST ON 2016 PART B PREMIUM & DEDUCTIBLE INCREASE

November 5, 2015

President Signs Budget Agreement That Limits Projected Increases in Part B Costs for 2016

This week, the President signed into law a two-year budget agreement that prevents the projected significant increase in the Medicare Part B premium and deductible for 2016.
...to read more click on link below...

http://www.medicarerights.org/resources/newsletters/medicare-watch

YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AS TO WHY

DEATH RATES RISING FOR MIDDLE AGED WHITE AMERICANS

Something startling is happening to middle-aged white Americans. Unlike every other age group, unlike every other racial and ethnic group, unlike their counterparts in other rich countries, death rates in this group have been rising, not falling.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/health/death-rates-rising-for-middle-aged-white-americans-study-finds.html?mwrsm=Email&_r=0

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