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No COLA for Social Security but a Break for Medicare

Mercatus Senior Research Fellow Jason Fichtner is quoted in today’s Washington Post on what happens when low inflation results in no COLA increase in Social Security benefits – a “hold harmless” provision kicks in to protect Medicare PART B premiums from rising.



This entry was posted in State Policy and tagged COLA, Social Security, Washington Post on October 13, 2010 by Eileen Norcross.

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