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Old 10-11-2011, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by l2ridehd View Post
Just finished applying for SS and Medicare. Did you know that SS checks are paid in arrears so your first check will arrive 2 months after your benefit start date? And did you also know medicare payments have to be made one month in advance? So the first SS check which is delayed one month will have two months medicare payments removed. Another Washington RIP off of senior citizens. What they pay us (which has been earned) they delay payment, what they get requires advance payment. And congress wonders why the opinion polls rate them so low.

I am writing my congressman about this issue.

And please don't turn this into a political discussion. All 525 people we elect and pay to represent us are at fault.
that the COLA on SS has been suspended for another 3 years while your Medicare prescription drugs will be increasing next year.