Top Billing
Monday, January 14, 2019
Top Billing
Today’s post is a straight up bitch session, although it technically
doesn’t involve Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
Maxine Waters, Kamala Harris, or Joy Behar. No, we mean “bitch” in the
sense of a complaint…in this case related to our first round of paying
bills for 2019.
Specifically, we discovered that the government, in its infinite wisdom, has tripled the cost of Medicare coverage for the reasonably healthy Mr and Mrs
Jarlsberg, owing to the unforgivable sin of our lofty perch amongst the
evil rich.
Only we aren’t rich. And not really very evil. Rather, a couple
of years ago we took some investment money out of our personal
retirement account (rather than going on Social Security) and put
it in the bank to pay our bills with. And it was admittedly a tidy
amount, owing to the fact that it was intended to cover all of our
expenses for a couple of years. And of course, we paid a massive amount of income tax on the withdrawal rather than subjecting ourselves to life on the run and/or repeated prison shower rapes.
But apparently, this still didn’t fulfill our duty to the state.
Which is why the Social Security Administration just gifted us with an
IRMAA (Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount) which triples our joint
Medicare payments to approximately $1000 a month.
Granted, a lot of people are paying way more than that for
insurance now that Obamacare has more than doubled prices while slashing
benefits. But still, after paying into our Medicare policy for over 40
years (paying double, in fact, being self-employed) we’re still a
little nonplussed by this sudden uptick in charges. And we also find
ourselves wondering how many of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s snot-nosed
social media followers would be demanding “Medicare For All” if they
knew their “free” health care was going to cost them a grand a month up
front (not including skyrocketing taxes)?
Fortunately, our Medicare premiums should drop back down next year when the government looks at our actual somewhat pitiful income. Assuming that the government shutdown isn’t still going on by then…
Posted by Stilton Jarlsberg at 12:01 AM
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