Comments on: Medicare…Retired Pay…and Income Tax Extensions, Oh My! http://moaablogs.org/financial/2010/01/medicare%e2%80%a6retired-pay%e2%80%a6and-income-tax-extensions-oh-my/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medicare%25e2%2580%25a6retired-pay%25e2%2580%25a6and-income-tax-extensions-oh-my Devoted to financial planning and education. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:56:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ron Webber http://moaablogs.org/financial/2010/01/medicare%e2%80%a6retired-pay%e2%80%a6and-income-tax-extensions-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-2489 Ron Webber Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:24:56 +0000 http://moaablogs.org/financial/?p=292#comment-2489 You're conclusion to the medicare paragraph is not entirely true. You lead a reader to believe that the remaining 25% of Medicare enrollees do meet the "income requirement." Please consider those individuals who do not receive a Social Security check, and therefore whose Medicare payments are not deducted. They must pay by check, or other means, and then are subjected to a 15% increase in Medicare Part B premiums. That is, there are those who must pay an extra 15% solely because they cannot have their premiums deducted from Social Security. For example, if your spouse retired from the Civil Service Retirement System or some state system, he/she will probably see a significant increase in premiums. Now that I've finished, I realize an appropriate response to my addition would be that your comments only apply to military retirees. So be it. You’re conclusion to the medicare paragraph is not entirely true. You lead a reader to believe that the remaining 25% of Medicare enrollees do meet the “income requirement.” Please consider those individuals who do not receive a Social Security check, and therefore whose Medicare payments are not deducted. They must pay by check, or other means, and then are subjected to a 15% increase in Medicare Part B premiums. That is, there are those who must pay an extra 15% solely because they cannot have their premiums deducted from Social Security. For example, if your spouse retired from the Civil Service Retirement System or some state system, he/she will probably see a significant increase in premiums.

Now that I’ve finished, I realize an appropriate response to my addition would be that your comments only apply to military retirees. So be it.

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