Another very useful article from Michael Kites. This article covers a significant lowering of thresholds (increase premiums) for the upper brackets for determining the high earners Medicare premium surcharges.
From the article "For those who were previously in the 2nd or 3rd IRMAA tiers, though, the impact is even more substantial, as they will effectively be shifted up an entire tier, boosting the IRMAA surcharge from $133.90/month (IRMAA Tier 2 in 2017) to $214.30/month (the next tier up in 2018), or from $214.30/month (the third tier in 2017) to $294.60/month (the top tier in 2018). This amounts to a nearly $1,000/year increase in IRMAA surcharges!"
Entire article is here:
https://www.kitces.com/blog/irmaa-m...ail&utm_term=0_4c81298299-f83f0db3d1-57035433.
For those facing RMA's next years, some important info for planning your 2018 and beyond income strategies.
From the article "For those who were previously in the 2nd or 3rd IRMAA tiers, though, the impact is even more substantial, as they will effectively be shifted up an entire tier, boosting the IRMAA surcharge from $133.90/month (IRMAA Tier 2 in 2017) to $214.30/month (the next tier up in 2018), or from $214.30/month (the third tier in 2017) to $294.60/month (the top tier in 2018). This amounts to a nearly $1,000/year increase in IRMAA surcharges!"
Entire article is here:
https://www.kitces.com/blog/irmaa-m...ail&utm_term=0_4c81298299-f83f0db3d1-57035433.
For those facing RMA's next years, some important info for planning your 2018 and beyond income strategies.