{"id":71,"date":"2026-10-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2026-10-11T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:00:00","slug":"2027-cola-could-outpace-medicare-premiums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/11\/2027-cola-could-outpace-medicare-premiums\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 COLA Could Outpace Medicare Premiums"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/jayesh-1\/medicare-premiums-social-remotion-videos-6aff\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>In 2026, retirement benefits got a ~3% cost-of-living bump, adding about $56 to the avg. monthly check for recipients across the US.<br \/>\nBut standard Part B premiums \u2191nearly 10%, swallowing about one-third of that increase and showing why retirees should budget from net benefits, not headline adjustments.<br \/>\nCurrent projections suggest 2027 could be friendlier: the advocacy group expects a ~3%-4% benefit adjustment, while the program&#039;s trustees projected Part B premiums \u2191~3%.<br \/>\nThose figures remained estimates. An official 2027 benefit update was due in Mid-Fall, with the actual Part B premium increase expected later.<br \/>\nFor planning, underestimate how much of any raise will reach your bank, review budgets early, and prepare for current open enrollment running Oct. 15-Dec. 7.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, retirement benefits got a ~3% cost-of-living bump, adding about $56 to the avg. monthly check for recipients across the US. But standard Part B premiums \u2191nearly 10%, swallowing about one-third of that increase and showing why retirees should budget from net benefits, not headline adjustments. Current projections suggest 2027 could be friendlier: the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":463,"featured_media":72,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkth360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}