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Social Security Scam Alert!!! Hang UP on Bogus Calls!! Reader Alert: This week, I, Toni King received a letter from the Social Security office regarding my special needs sister’s benefits and an amazing SCAM ALERT was on the back of the envelope that her Social...
Help Toni: I’m turning 65 in July and last week I tried to open a “My Social Security” account to enroll in Medicare online but my Social Security account is blocked. Two years ago, someone falsely filed for a tax refund with my Social Security number and now...
Toni: My Medicare begins April 1st and I have received my first bill which is $536 and the premium is due by April 25th.. I do not see this Medicare cost anywhere on the Medicare site or in any information I received when I came into the Toni Says office for my...
Toni: I’ve recently been laid off and have filed for unemployment which will not even begin to pay my monthly bills. I’ve been told I can begin receiving a Social Security check to help fill this gap because I am 63. I thought I had to wait il 66 to begin Social...
Toni: In November, you wrote that there was not an increase in the 2018 Part B premium. I have not seen an increase in the last 2 years, and $109 Part B premium has been deducted from my Social Security check. Recently I received from Social Security what my 2018...
Morning Toni: I found that even when all the "i's" are dotted and the "t's" are crossed and the paperwork is filled out correctly that Social Security can still royally screw up. I personally filled the paperwork for Medicare with the words in Red written across the...
Five Ways Social Security Serves Our Veterans Posted on November 9, 2017 by Jim Borland, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Communications On Veterans Day, we honor the men and women who proudly serve our country. Social Security is committed to helping our veterans. One...
[vifblike] Hi Toni, I follow your column and clip them for future reference. I am now approaching 65 in August. I need to enroll in Medicare and learn the plan differences between Medicare and an Advantage Program I am considering. I understand I can sign up at Social...
[vifblike] Toni: Thank you so much for taking my phone call this morning. My husband and I signed up in December 2016 for Medicare Part B with the understanding that once I retired I had 60 days to obtain supplemental insurance. I just happened on your Medicare...
Toni: Now that I’ve been laid off, the Toni Says Medicare/Social Security column was given to me to begin understanding what my retirement options are. I’ve filed for unemployment and it will not even begin to pay my monthly bills. I’ve been told I can begin...
