Social Security and I Are Not Getting Along
By Susan
@HazySue (39265)
Gouverneur, New York
December 27, 2015 9:50am CST
The other day my husband and I received a notice in the mail from Social Security about next year's payments.
I was surprised to see that they will taking an additional $54 and change out of his checks for next year. What??? Don't they know we are getting too little now?
Searching for an explanation I called my sister-in-law to see if she had heard anything about another fee, charge or whatever. She called he insurance person and they told her that it was a charge for people who did not have the insurance to cover what Medicare didn't cover.
He now has $104 and change, for Medicare, and $54, and change, for not have the extra insurance, taken out of his social security check.
I however have $104 and change, for Medicare, and $50 and change, for prescription part d, taken out of my social security check.
I also have $204 and change taken out of my bank account for the extra insurance. I will be talking to social security next week day to find out if what I heard from my sister-in-law is true. I at least want to know why they have to take all of this money out of our puny little checks.
Happy retirement everyone.
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13 responses
@jstory07 (148720)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 Dec 15
We are without insurance for December because we could not enroll until January and we can not get medicare because we are to young for it. We tried medicade and we had to high of an income. So than we went through United health care and we will get that starting Jan the first. But we have not received any cards yet. So we are going back down there Monday.
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@jstory07 (148720)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 Dec 15
@Susan2015 I have asthma and I hope I do not need an inhaler before the first. So far I am ok.
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@jstory07 (148720)
• Roseburg, Oregon
28 Dec 15
@Berniezeitler I do not know what company it is Ventolin HFA albuterol sulfate.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
27 Dec 15
Never had a problem at all with SS.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
27 Dec 15
@AbbyGreenhill this is the first one for us.
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@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
27 Dec 15
That's a big chunk they are taking away from you guys. I hope you can get it figured out and find the real reason why their taking that amount away. I do not want to retire as the money is not that great. I will work til the day i can't.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
7 Jan 16
@HazySue When we're working we get a statement periodically showing how much we'll get per month. So, with what you actually get, do they already have the fees and such taken out of their estimate of what we'd get or does that come off of that?
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
16 Jan 16
@MarshaMusselman no they don't. They keep it for a special surprise for you later.
@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
28 Dec 15
@Blondie2222 I have worked all my life and am still working. I have come to the point when I need to stop. I wish I could have a larger percent of the money I put into the system.
@FourWalls (86580)
• United States
27 Dec 15
How can there be people without insurance? It's a federal law that everyone MUST have insurance!! 
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@FourWalls (86580)
• United States
27 Dec 15
@HazySue -- I'm sorry, I meant the coverage for people who don't have Medicare or Medicaid or VA (that's what I have 
).
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
27 Dec 15
@FourWalls if you have Medicare it is insurance.
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
27 Dec 15
NO raise in social security this year but not surprising that they found a way to take even more out of it
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
28 Dec 15
@Marilynda1225 I expect to not get a cost of living increase I just didn't expect them to take out more.
@zebra2222 (5268)
• United States
16 Jan 16
Without enough money, retirement can never be a very happy experience.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
16 Jan 16
@zebra2222 how true. Without much money close to nothing is a happy experience.
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
27 Dec 15
wow tats a big hunk. I have AA RP and United Health Care combined so my puny social securitu check is intact as mediCal takes care of the few changes inmy no 3 insurance. Im sorry that they are taking such a large hunk out of your husbands socail security they should have told you folks why for heavens sakes. A gain we do not get an in crease on our measly soc ial security. \j only get about 345 a month so have SSI to help pay for being here i nthis retirement center.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
28 Dec 15
This just shows how good the government is in taking our money.
if they give you a dollar, they expect to take back $10 from you.
I do not think you will succeed in getting the charges waived.
If you can get half of it waived, that is good enough.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
7 Jan 16
@HazySue I've not heard about taking jobs from the young. I wouldn't worry too much about that. I believe there are enough jobs to go around if people would just take something that's available until they can find something better yet.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
7 Jan 16
And that's another reason why I should wait another seven or so years before retiring. The 204.00 in extra premiums you pay, is that just for you alone, or for your husband too? If just yourself, why would you get it and not him too? Course, the additional they want to take out is much less than what you're paying on your own. Did he not get the extra plan with his medicare? I heard that if a person doesn't pick it before a certain date it gets messed up, but since I have a few more years before I'll need to pick any, I haven't checked it all out yet.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
16 Jan 16
@MarshaMusselman it is for me alone. He is retired and eligible for help from the state.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
28 Dec 15
That sounds like a lot. I know my mother had to pay but she llived with my sister so I don't know how much.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
28 Dec 15
@whiteream the check is getting smaller and smaller as we move through the years. My mother gets more than I do and she never worked.
