Medicare in 2016

On Thursday, October 15, the Social Security Administration announced that there will be no cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2016. At the same time, the Medicare Part B premium and deductible is expected to increase significantly for some people next year.

Watch the Medicare Rights Center, Social Security Works, and the Alliance for Retired Americans discuss what this means for you.

11 thoughts on “Medicare in 2016”

The obama regime championed a new way of calculating yearly increases of
SS. It is called Chained CPI. It will significantly reduce SS benefits
every year. Question: Why does obama hate the elderly so much? The obama
regime has no problems in significantly increasing benefits to illegal
aliens and to welfare queens and kings. Of course people of color are
vastly disproportionately on the welfare roles where as white make up a
majority of retired persons receiving SS. Racism involved here. One man’s
opinion, MINE, says yes…definitely. The sad excuse used by the obama
regime for yet another zero increase in SS this year is because gas prices
are down. Hmmmmm, let’s see, I can’t drink gas, I can’t eat gas, I can’t
pay for my food and rent with gas, which have gone up well beyond 8 percent
last year. EVERY THING has gone up in price except gas. What a sad
shithead excuse for fucking over seniors. Bastards.

Does the “holding hostage” refer to the committee using the Social Security
incoming funds as an exchange for US bonds?

The poor get poorer!!!!!!

Great informative video (in particular for senior citizens/retirees or if
you never earned anything online – see this site: http://trks.us/s55878/YT

Illegals get $4,000 a month while you will only get $1,200 and you worked
40 hours a week for 40 years.

You can now live better in prison and receive better health care/than
medicare-disability

Only in america!!! If the economy is so bad, the why do we keep taking in
these damn foreigners and providing them with benefits

The most grotesque aspect of medical care in the US the matter of CHOICE.
The right wing fascists are proud of CHOICE- it sounds so good, but the
fact is that everyone gets sick and everyone needs medical care –there is
no CHOICE. All medical care must be free and available for all. I get an
“explanation” from Medicare of 35 pages of gobledigook so I can CHOOSE
which “is right for me”. The reality is that they are making a carload of
money off me and whatever I choose, I lose, they win. Same thing with ONE
SIZE DOESNT FIT ALL. That is a lie. One size does fit all.

There has been a trend with MA plans to move from co-pays to co-insurance
ranging from 20% to 40% for costly services such as diagnostic and
therapuetic radiology, part b drugs & outpatient chemotherapy, dialysis,
surgery, hospital observation, durable medical equipment, diabetic testing
supplies etc.
Although Medicare has a massive database, information on established
Medicare rates for common & costly outpatient procedures are not readily
available or transparent to the public or professionals.
As a result, consumers, families and Medicare counselors (like me) do not
have critical information to help people make informed cost/benefit and
risk analysis and decisions among a complex variety of different options
(original Medicare +/- Medigap & PDP and the various MA HMO, PPO plans).
Has the Medicare Rights Center developed a resource listing common and
costly Medicare approved outpatient service/procedure rates for Upstate NY?
If not, can you refer me to another resource that have published this info.
Thanks for all that you do for millions of Medicare subscribers.
It is very much appreciated.
Jim Sorrentino
Certified Medicare Counselor
Rochester, NY

There is a some good information in here relative to the economics and
changes in Medicare Part B but you have to get through the partisan
political rhetoric.