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The Medicare Surcharge That Ambushes You Two Years Late (IRMAA, Explained)
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Episode Description
You did everything right. You saved aggressively, earned well, maybe converted to Roth or sold a property. Then two years into retirement, a letter arrives from Social Security: your Medicare premiums are going up, sometimes by thousands of dollars a year, per person. Your income is lower now. So why the surcharge?
Because IRMAA, the income-related monthly adjustment amount, isn't looking at your income now. It's looking at your tax return from two years ago. It's a cliff, not a ramp: one dollar over a threshold triggers the full surcharge for an entire…
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