My Medicare premium payment went up from $134 to $189 this year, due to the fact that calculated into my 2017 taxes was a one-time lump sum retirement payment. Therefore, our adjusted gross income was above $170,000 for just one year — 2017. We just completed our 2018 taxes and our adjusted gross income is $125,000. Can I get our Medicare premiums adjusted back to $134 for the rest of the year?
California is moving forward on a new law to end surprise emergency room bills like those that left one patient with a $20,000 treatment bill after a minor bike crash — legislation that was inspired by Vox’s reporting on the issue.
Six months after the fact, Christine Jaschinski was still fighting a $4,223 charge for seven stitches. During the phone call, a billing clerk casually let something slip.
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