I got a 25.00 a month COLA!!!!!!! Can I be the 1% now?

[dixiegrrrrl]

Finally after 3 years, my meager SS check has increased to cover inflation.
A whole 25.00 a month.
I sit here dazed, not ready to decide how to splurge my new found wealth.

Any suggestions?

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. What do congress critters cost in your neck of the woods?

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Hmmm..they are all Republicans..

I guess I could offer to buy them their soul back.

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. Well, on the good side, that probably wouldn't cost much.

Republican congressman's soul? You'd have enough left for a latte.

[InkAddict]

4. You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Cones on dixiegrrrrl?????????????????????????????

[hay rick]

5. Treat yourself to some Fancy Feast.

[eridani]

6. Or Senior Vittles!

[cyberpj]

7. Re: "Can I be the 1% now?" NO! We need it back to cover the increase in your medical premiums.

But it's a nice little illusion innit?

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. Is Medicare going up for 2012

or are you talking about supplemental (or both)?

[cyberpj]

10. Not sure yet. Was basing that NO on a few things:

1. Past experience

2. Hearing the late Ted Stevens' "NO!" in my head when I read the OP:
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ted+stevens+%2bno&mid=53C0CB01D5EBA6963D8153C0CB01D5EBA6963D81&view=detail&FORM=VIRE7

and
3. CSM article from October 2011

Medicare premiums taketh what Social Security giveth?

Medicare premiums are slated to rise – by about $10 a month – for most recipients in 2012. These higher Medicare premiums will eat into the extra $39 a month that the average Social Security recipient is expected to get from next year's cost-of-living adjustment.

By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press / October 19, 2011

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2011/1019/Medicare-premiums-taketh-what-Social-Security-giveth

[Ruby the Liberal]

11. Thanks - I had missed that.

[cyberpj]

13. This might help.

I stumbled on this today. It's from end of Oct 2011 so if it's changed, no one's updated the FAQ at this point.

FAQ: Medicare premiums and coinsurance rates for 2012

https://questions.medicare.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/2309/~/medicare-premiums-and-coinsurance-rates-for-2012

[Ruby the Liberal]

14. Thank you again!

[shanti]

16. there ya go

i posted before seeing yours. that's what happened to me too. i'm retired with full medical/kaiser. my monthly check was lower this month due to a $45 increase in my kaiser! i will get a COLA this year, but it will probably only offset the increase in kaiser. it's a scam, i tell ya!

[Saving Hawaii]

8. Don't spend it all in one place!

It's hard being rich!

[AnneD]

12. You are only part of the 1%....

if you spend it at the BMW or other luxury car dealership.

[shanti]

15. was it taken up by

a similar increase in medicare? that's usually what happens...

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Dunno..don't have Medicare premiums.

But yes, Medicare premiums did increase about 12.00 a month, I believe.