How come Medicare increase was not included on pension checks?
147488
It was as of January 1. Medicare increased but so did the income. Maybe you just didn't notice it.
744057
You mean your retired and living on a government check?\n\nIf your living in private housing... They can raise the rent all they want.  Unless your local has rent control laws. \n\nIts called business.
862719
Does the bill say "E&OE" or "Errors and Omissions Excepted" or "Errors and Omissions Excluded" anywhere? If so, they are entitled to reclaim the difference if they can prove the original amount was in error. They do sound unreasonable to try and ask for such a large amount so quickly, but there is nothing legally preventing it.\n\nIf it doesn't say it, they are on more shaky ground
194522
Are you seriously posting your ss# on here? Delete this question immediately you should be ashamed of yourself.\n\ncall medicare for your state they will tell you
705746
Hello,\n\nHere is your answer:\n\nIn the United States\n\nThe United States did not have social security on a national level until 1935, when the Social Security Act was passed as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal program. The act established two social insurance programs: a federal-state program of unemployment compensation and a federal program of old-age retirement insurance. It also provided for federal grants to assist the states with programs for the disabled, the aged, child welfare services, public health services, and vocational rehabilitation. The compulsory old-age insurance paid benefits proportionate to prior earnings for persons over 65, with a reserve fund being accumulated through payroll taxes on employers and employees; the rate of the tax was originally set at 1%.\n\nThe original Social Security Act of 1935 covered only workers in commercial and industrial occupations, but since then several major amendments have increased the categories of persons eligible for benefits. The amendment of 1939 provided for benefits to the dependents and survivors of workers; an amendment in 1950 broadened the coverage to include full-time farm and domestic workers, many self-employed persons, employees of state and local governments, and employees of nonprofit organizations; later amendments extended coverage to members of the armed forces and to self-employed professionals; and a 1957 amendment provided benefits to insured workers 50 years of age and older who became permanently and totally disabled. The age of eligibility for retirement benefits was lowered from 65 to 62, but with lower benefits for persons retiring before 65.\n\nIn 1965, Congress enacted the Medicare program, providing medical benefits for persons over the age of 65, and an accompanying Medicaid program for the indigent regardless of age. A 1972 amendment tied increases in Social Security retirement benefits to increases in the Consumer Price Index. In 1974, Social Security insurance was taken over by the Social Security Administration, and in 1983 an amendment allowed partial taxation of the benefits given to upper-income recipients. In 1999, payroll deductions for Social Security were set at 6.2% of annual wages below $72,600, and payroll deductions for Medicare were 1.45% of annual wages (no upper limit), with employers contributing matching amounts.\n\nSocial Security funds are invested in federal securities, mainly long-term bonds. In 1997 a government advisory panel proposed that some of the revenues be invested in stocks and bonds to generate higher returns. The panel was divided over whether the money should be invested by the government or by individuals, as well as the amount that should be shifted from government bonds. Both approaches have their critics. Some regard government investment in stocks as a potential source of intrusive federal influence on U.S. businesses; others feel that allowing individuals to invest their Social Security funds would endanger the minimal postretirement "safety net" for all workers that the program is designed to provide if individuals invest unwisely. President George W. Bush, who campaigned for personal Social Security investment accounts, appointed (2001) a commission that offered several options for allowing individual investments in stocks and bonds as part of the Social Security program and for securing the program's financial health; it estimated that it would take as much as $3 trillion of additional revenue over the next 75 years and reductions in guaranteed benefits to accomplish both goals.\n\nUnderlying these proposals is the anticipation that the costs of the program as presently structured will outstrip the revenues raised and invested in the early to mid-21st cent. and that benefits will have to be paid from revenues alone, which are expected to be inadequate. If this occurs, Social Security will place a greater burden on the federal budget, and benefits may n
896153
Either you have the authority to implement directives or you don't.  Sounds like your SOP was never brought before the person that DOES finalize decisions and mandate procedure.  You're going to have to make that happen, you know.
1021116
Review your options here\nhttp://www.medicare.gov/medigap/default.asp\n\nbut note, some items are not covered by Medicare or Medigap.  You need to review the plan document carefully to be sure supplemental insurance will be useful (and worth the cost) to you.
135773
Did you owe your employer any advances, premiums for insurance or products/services that had not been paid?  They can hold onto that portion but have you contacted them or just assumed they haven't.  You may need to pick it up & sign for receiving your final pay.
871616
I worked for a place that direct deposited my checks.  They were required to give us all paystubs.  I know they were required to do so because they were so cheap they squeaked when they walked.  They would never have spent the extra money for stubs if they weren't required to do so.  But...check with a lawyer to be sure.  It might be different in your state, this was in Colorado.
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Most people get Medicare part A automatically when they turn 65 and they or a spouse have 40 work credits.  Part B, if the beneficiary chooses to accept it, costs 88.50 per month in 2006 and is deducted from the beneficiary's Social Security check.  Part B covers doctors office visits, labs, and tests perfomed in an outpatient setting.
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yes.\n\nRecently, it became known that the implementation of an offset, with regard to veterans benefits and disability benefits from the social security administration, was under consideration. The news spread like wildfire, of course, among websites and blogs that have an interest in (and keep a watchful eye over) such issues. \n\nWell, according to a May 24, 2006 press release (source: http://www.vetscommission.org), "In a show of hands vote of 11 to 2\nat its May 19th public meeting, the Commission agreed to adopt a motion to\nclarify that there would be no mention or question of an offset of VA or\nSSDI benefits and to limit data collection from the Social Security\nAdministration and SSDI in several key ways."\n\nApparently, the "trial balloon" that was floated regarding a possible offset met fairly stiff wind resistance from a number of sources. And those who disseminate and pass information along using various internet conduits (personal websites, article submissions, blogs, forums) most likely (I have no doubt myself) played some role in this.\nAdditional information on Social Security Disability at www.disabilitysecrets.com
409387
I would strongly suggest going back to your local office and asking to speak to a person specializing in the workers comp offset - do not try this by telephone as you will not get a good answer.  Your teachers pay is basically a public payment as you are paid by the taxpayers - I don't know if your state treats it any differently than other states.  check with your pension people.
881580
It's social security withholdings and it is the enabling law (FICA) Federal Insurance Contributions Act  (two lies for the price of one)
966777
"Where's My Damn Social Security Check!!"
1094770
b - there is not enough money in the account to cover the check. This can be due to "floating" a check, which is writing a check with the expectation that the amount needed to cover the check will be in the account by the time the check arrives at your bank.
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as a health care worker all i can say is ask the government what they are doing with all the money from gst and our higher taxes.. our government doesnt think people are an important matter young or old or sick..just how much money will be lining there pockets from raises after raises .. and retirement packages after only a few years of work.. I think I am in the wrong field...I better stop here I am a nurse and I think it is a total shame especially to our elderly people the way the government who say they are for the people.. I just wonder which people ???
1139397
A pension plan is very different from a 401-k.  One is a defined benefit plan, the other a defined contribution plan.  The difference is that with the pension, there's not a fixed sum of money sitting there for you to take out today.  Instead, there is a promise of fixed payments to you after retirement.  Thus, you normally can't take it out.\n\nI suppose there's no harm in asking them.  Perhaps they have some unique sort of 'buyout' plan that they've developed, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.