I thought that Social Security and CMS had straightened this out, but the problem goes on and on. This is from the Orange County (CA) Register:
Some Social Security recipients will see their payments reduced next month - in some cases significantly - to correct an error in their Medicare premium deductions, Medicare officials have confirmed.
The government failed to deduct enough to cover their Medicare premiums this year, so the shortfall will be taken out in one lump sum from the Social Security checks that will be sent out next week, said Jeff Nelligan, a spokesman for the Centers for Medicare Services in Washington, D.C.
About 15,000 of the country's 4.9 million Social Security recipients are affected, he said. Letters went out this week to those recipients who will get the additional deduction.
I'm assuming these are Part D premiums that are being deducted. From what I have seen is never never never have Part D premiums withheld from your benefits. Pay the bill yourself.
ReplyDeleteIf you have them deducted it takes forever and a day to get things corrected if there is a problem.
SSA says CMS needs to correct it, CMS says they can't do anything until the provider tells them of the change. The person get sent around and around to get things corrected, with everyone pointing at the other guy.