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Related: About this forumI think that we are getting SS raise of a couple of dollars
which will go to Medicare. $139 from $137.
Oh well.
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I think that we are getting SS raise of a couple of dollars (Original Post)
question everything
Oct 2019
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Wounded Bear
(60,840 posts)1. My rent went up. That pretty much eats mine up...
I only get the basic Medicare. I use the VA, but they've been hitting me with increasing co-pays.
LakeArenal
(29,853 posts)2. Ah... trump's better health care
People tell him its the best. Believe me!!
(Sarcasm thingie here)
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,842 posts)3. I still haven't gotten a notice from SS
as to what my new amount will be.
question everything
(49,084 posts)4. Nor have I, only what was published
The cost of living adjustment for Social Security will be 1.6% in 2020 for the nearly 69 million people receiving Social Security benefits. This is 43% percent less than the cost-of-living increase of 2.8% that was received this year, 2019.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrae/2019/10/21/social-security-cola/#2c5bc1175de5
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,842 posts)5. Oh, okay.
trof
(54,273 posts)6. The government giveth and the government taketh away.
Blessed be the name of the government.