If You Want To Improve Service At No Cost, You Could Start Here. You Might Even Save Money

      From Daily Kos:

Next month I turn 65. And that means Medicare! Yay! 😑 …

Then yesterday I got two letters in the mail. First, a letter informing me about upcoming deductions to my monthly SS payments. 

We are writing to you about your Social Security benefits.

Your Medicare Part A (hospital insurance) and Part B (medical insurance) start December 2026. … 

• After that you will receive $452.00 on or about the fourth Wednesday of each month. 

 Your monthly premium for Medicare Part B (medical insurance) is $202.90 beginning December 2026. ..

I only get $655 a month in Social Security. This will be like a one-third reduction of something I’ve come to really depend upon. Because I’m, well, poor. …

Then I opened the second letter, dated October 2. This one’s from AHCCCS, Medicaid in Arizona. 

MEDICARE SAVINGS PROGRAM APPROVED: We APPROVED your Medicare Savings Program application received 10/01/2026 …

Cool, right? Except for the part of the SSA damn near killing me off with a heart attack before they can get around to deducting anything.  

Just to make it even more fun and exciting, an (super important, log in now!) email from the same SSA that sent me an early birthday present of a potential cardiac arrest tells me that my monthly SS payments for November and December 2026 are going to be…wait for it!

$655 a month. …