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Medicare costs are continuing to escalate in 2010, but unless Congress takes immediate action, it's all but certain that seniors won't receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment to help offset the increase next year. The Senior Citizens League strongly endorses new legislation introduced by Representative Walter Jones, H.R. 3557, to provide an emergency COLA increase for 2010..Here's an example of how it might work in 2021, assuming you start work on February 1, 202Let's assume you are entitled to a Social Security benefit of 0 per month. You work and earn ,200 during the year. Your Social Security benefit would be reduced by ,120. You would receive only ,680 of your ,800 for the year..The riskiest one-third of patients were 280.6% more likely to drop cardiovascular drugs than the bottom two-thirds; there were similar results for those at high risk of diabetic and pulmonary complications. … Continued

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Representative Peter DeFazio.According to AARP, about 94% of widely-used brand-name drugs that were on the market between 2005 and 2017 nearly doubled in price. And in 2017, the average annual cost of specialty drugs - which treat complex conditions like cancer - was about ,800. In contrast, the average Social Security benefit in 2017 was just ,800..To learn more about what you may itemize and how much you can deduct, visit and download instructions for Schedule A Form 1040 Itemized Deductions. … Continued

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