Sad to say, there is no escaping IRMAA by switching to a Medicare Advantage plan.

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Old 11-22-2021, 01:20 PM
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Nope, no free lunch. Unfortunately I'm dancing with IRMAA this year.
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Nope, no free lunch. Unfortunately I'm dancing with IRMAA this year.

If you have an IRA and have reached RMD age — and that is what is throwing you into IRMAA — using a QCD as part, or all, of the RMD might avoid IRMAA.

If donated directly to a qualified charity, the amount of the QCD does not get added to the AGI.

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If you have an IRA and have reached RMD age — and that is what is throwing you into IRMAA, — using a QCD as part, or all, of the RMD might avoid IRMAA.

If donated directly to a qualified charity, the amount of the QCD does not get added to the AGI.
OK!
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Old 11-23-2021, 06:04 AM
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If you have an IRA and have reached RMD age — and that is what is throwing you into IRMAA — using a QCD as part, or all, of the RMD might avoid IRMAA.

If donated directly to a qualified charity, the amount of the QCD does not get added to the AGI.


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OK!
“OK,” you say, Two Bills. I think I can see your meaning here on this early morn — early for me — not for you — if still across the pond.

You do not have to worry about all the abbreviations that we front-end Boomers here need to be aware of — as we go slouching toward our ever increasing Medicare costs.

I appreciated the laugh though — first thing this morning.

I think you might appreciate what a good friend said to me when I was regaling her with the the same thing I said in my post above……..

With a look of pure ennui, she said, “RMD? QCD? AGI? WTF?”

(OMG! That reminds me. Time is drawing nigh. I must figure out my Plan D choice for 2022. We have decided to continue to cling to our Plan F, although maybe a Plan G or a Plan N would be OK???)…….

ABCDEFGeeeeHIJKLMNOPeeeeQRSTUVeeeeWXY
andZeeeeee
…………

Boomer
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Old 11-23-2021, 06:16 AM
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“OK,” you say, Two Bills. I think I can see your meaning here on this early morn — early for me — not for you — if still across the pond.

You do not have to worry about all the abbreviations that we front-end Boomers here need to be aware of — as we go slouching toward our ever increasing Medicare costs.

I appreciated the laugh though — first thing this morning.

I think you might appreciate what a good friend said to me when I was regaling her with the the same thing I said in my post above……..

With a look of pure ennui, she said, “RMD? QCD? AGI? WTF?”

(OMG! That reminds me. Time is drawing nigh. I must figure out my Plan D choice for 2022. We have decided to continue to cling to our Plan F, although maybe a Plan G or a Plan N would be OK???)…….

ABCDEFGeeeeHIJKLMNOPeeeeQRSTUVeeeeWXY
andZeeeeee
…………

Boomer
Still across pond.
I agree with your friends last abbreviation.
So complicated being an American!
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Don't let the tail wag the dog.

Enjoy your retirement, you earned it.
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