Medicare Irma is a surcharge that high earners will pay every month but only for one year at a time on Medicare parts B & D Medicare Irma is based on your modified adjusted gross income from two years prior if you were married and filing jointly, it’s your joint incomeYes, you might consider filing separately, but that’s something you should talk to your accountant about for more information about Medicare Irma go to our website www.themedicarefamily.com. Click here for my FREE cheat sheet, work

The Medicare Irma income brackets, change annually. They’re normally announced the end of November each year for the following year. They don’t go up in any predictable pattern. They are tied to inflation, but Congress has the authority to raise them more than inflation or less if they so choose if you look at the history of the Medicare Irma rate increases some of there was no rate increase in other years there was rather large increases so it’s hard to predict what they will be in the future.