Prepare To Pay More: Medicare Part B Premium And Other Costs Are Going Up In 2024

From increased premiums to a revised Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts (IRMAA), many Medicare-related costs are going up in 2024.

Forbes
Scott Bennett on TikTok

Social Security: Why there’s always money in the banana stand… or the Central Bank, depending on who’s asking. #letsmakethempay #fyp #3rdparty #undivided #fyparty #politicaltiktok #educational #socialsecurity #retirementplanning #retirementsavings #retirementincome #ira #socialsecuritysystemph #michaelhudson #barackobama #georgewbush #history #historytok #arresteddevelopment #bananastand

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Instead of using clerical workers as the baseline for determining #CostOfLiving increases, make it #Congressional Salaries instead! Could / would #Congress live on #SocialSecurity #Inflation #Seniors #Oldsters #Elderly #COLA

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-cola-increase-2024/

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment set at 3.2% — less than half of the current year's increase

With Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment less than half of the 2023 boost, seniors are at risk of losing ground, experts say.

CBS News

I hope that #oldsters everywhere understand that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is not their friend or any friend of #We-The-People.
The #USChamberOfCommerce is a lobbying organization for corporate profiteers only. In this case, sock-puppets for #BigPharma. It’s all about #ToxicCapitalism & screwing #Medicare recipients. #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy They are not patriotic.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4230767-federal-judge-denies-request-to-block-medicare-negotiation/

Federal judge denies request to block Medicare negotiation

A federal judge on Friday declined to block the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program, meaning companies will have to play ball with the government for the time being. U.S. District Judge Michael J. Newman ruled against a request for a preliminary injunction on the program that was requested by the Chamber of Commerce in its…

The Hill

Being here just over 48 hours, I'm coming to get a sense there are a lot of early online and tech pioneers here.

Online since 1982.

And I'm seeing lots of posts from lots of similar people. This is FASCINATING!

#oldsters LOL

(I joined TikTok a month ago to keep the creativity going as well)

I’m doing a four day intensive bagpipe music thing online and at the end of the last lesson my carpal tunnel and arthritis got so bad I couldn’t play the embellishments properly and I almost cried and I never cry and I went for a walk with the dog and looked at horses and guinea hens and came back home and came on @Mastodon and everyone was so nice and funny and interesting that I felt quite a lot better, so thanks for that everyone.

And thanks @stux 🥳

#disability
#bagpipes
#oldsters
#safespace
#ThankYouMastodon