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Medicare Parts B and D premiums are affected by the IRMAA surcharge.
Roth conversions count as taxable income in the year of the conversion and therefore can push a beneficiary’s modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) above IRMAA thresholds, triggering higher Medicare P...
Required Minimum Distributions ( and therefore raise the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) that the uses to determine Medicare IRMAA surcharges, potentially moving beneficiaries into higher for Pa...
The Social Security Administration (via CMS/SSA notices reported across Medicare coverage guidance) set five IRMAA income brackets for 2026 with the first threshold at $109,000 (single) / $218,000 (ma...
Modified Adjusted Gross Income () for IRMAA purposes is not a mysterious new tax base but a simple tweak to the Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) reported on a tax return: for Medicare’s Income-Related Mont...
IRMAA thresholds are adjusted annually for inflation for most brackets, using a CPI‑U comparison calculated each fall, and beneficiaries are assigned surcharges based on their MAGI from two years prio...
The IRMAA surcharge for Medicare Parts B and D in 2025 is applied when a beneficiary’s modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) from 2023 exceeds statutory thresholds set by the Social Security Administr...