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To: ggersh who wrote (65989)	10/20/2021 11:00:04 AM
From: marcher	1 Recommendation Recommended By ggersh Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71475

12% is probably accurate. by 'deduction' i was thinking about how much medicare will deduct from social security... most of which, i think, is the Part B minimal deduction of ~$150/month... but, yeah, throw the deductable into the equation... looks like part a and part b, combined, increased about 4% in 2021, which is twice the increase of cola/social security. medicareresources.org but with all the 'efficient' obfuscation of u.s. social security and medicare, it's rather difficult to determine how much of all them 'freeby' 'entitlements' the 99% are paying twice. u.s. health care system is killing us. -ng-

To: ggersh who wrote (65989)	12/12/2021 12:37:59 PM
From: marcher	2 Recommendations Recommended By Broken_Clock ggersh Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71475

--medicare goes up 12%-- well, seems that was a low estimate... more like 18%+ for part b which claws-back more than the 6% social security cola for a large number, if not most, of low income seniors: "...The standard monthly premium for Part B will be $170.10 [in 2022], up $21.60 from $148.50 [in 2021]..." via les h: cnbc.com apparently, medicare is being ruined via neoliberal public-private 'partnerships', before the government transitions into medicare-for-all, at which point medicare will be about the same as the current 'shitty deal': obamacare. western capitalism in its death throes. -ng-