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| Issue: # 93 |
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Welcome to our monthly newsletter.
These monthly newsletters are designed to provide useful information on Disability Law & Issues with a special emphasis on Social Security Disability & Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits and Special Needs Trusts & Planning.
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Yes, You're Covered by Social Security When You Are Outside the U.S.
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Social Security has you covered, even outside the United States. Many people who travel or live outside the country receive some kind of Social Security benefit.
If you're a U.S. citizen, you may receive your Social Security payments outside the United States as long as you are eligible.
"Outside the United States," means you're not in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa.
Once you've been outside the United States for at least 30 days in a row, Social Security considers you to be outside the country. You can be in almost anywhere in the World and you probably will be able to receive your Social Security benefits.
If you receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), you cannot receive benefits if you're outside of the United States for a month or more.
If you're traveling outside the U.S. for an extended amount of time, it's important that you tell Social Security the date you plan to leave and the date you plan to come back, no matter how long you expect your travel to last.
To find out if you can continue to receive your Social Security benefits if you are outside the United States or are planning to go outside the United States, visit this
online tool.
This tool will help you find out if your retirement, disability, or survivor's payments will continue as long as you are eligible, stop after six consecutive calendar months, or if certain country-specific restrictions apply.
When you live outside the United States, Social Security will send you a questionnaire periodically. Your answers will help them figure out if you still are eligible for benefits. Return the questionnaire to the office that sent it as soon as possible. If you don't, your payments will stop.
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Medicare Part B Premium & Deductible Will Increase in 2017
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has announced the Medicare premiums & deductibles for 2017.
The standard Medicare Part B premium that 70% of beneficiaries will pay will rise 4 percent from $104.90 a month to about $109 a month.
However, approximately 30 percent of beneficiaries will see their Part B premium rise from $121.80 to $134 a month, a 10 percent increase.
Medicare Part B beneficiaries who will pay the higher Part B premium include beneficiaries who do not receive Social Security benefits, those who enroll in Part B for the first time in 2017, those who are directly billed for their Part B premium, those who are also eligible for Medicaid and have their premium paid by state Medicaid agencies, and those who pay an income-related premium.
Since 2007, beneficiaries with higher incomes have paid higher Medicare Part B monthly premiums. These income-related monthly premium rates affect roughly five percent of people with Medicare.
Medicare Part B covers physician services, outpatient hospital services, certain home health services, durable medical equipment, and other items.
Medicare Part B deductibles will also increase from $166 to $183 in 2017.
For more information on these Medicare increases, please click here.
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