State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services

HISTORY

The policy on this page is from a previous version of the handbook. 

39.6 Cost-of-Living Adjustment

To calculate the COLA disregard amount, do the following: 

1. Find the AG 's current gross OASDI Benefits income. The gross OASDI income is the sum of the following:

1. • OASDI check.
   • Any amount that has been withheld for a Medicare premium.
   • Any amount withheld to repay an earlier overpayment.

 

Do not include in the gross income any Medicare Plan B premiums that the state has purchased for the AG.

 

2. On the COLA Disregard Amount Table below, find the last month in which the person was eligible for and received a check for both OASDI and SSI .
3. Find the decimal figure that applies to this month.
4. Multiply the person's current gross OASDI income by the applicable decimal figure. The result is the COLA disregard amount.

  

COLA Disregard Amount
January to December 2019	0.015748
January to December 2018	0.042556
January to December 2017	0.061330
January to December 2016	0.064137
January to December 2015	0.064137
January to December 2014	0.079781
January to December 2013	0.093380
January to December 2012	0.108535
January to December 2011	0.139513
January to December 2010	0.139513
January to December 2009	0.139513
January to December 2008	0.186685
January to December 2007	0.204971
January to December 2006	0.230369
January to December 2005	0.260681
January to December 2004	0.280118
January to December 2003	0.294924
January to December 2002	0.304659
January to December 2001	0.322280
January to December 2000	0.345198
January to December 1999	0.360545
January to December 1998	0.368751
January to December 1997	0.381734
January to December 1996	0.399159
January to December 1995	0.414385
January to December 1994	0.430335
January to December 1993	0.444771
January to December 1992	0.460493
January to December 1991	0.480177
January to December 1990	0.506809
January to December 1989	0.528948
January to December 1988	0.547066
January to December 1987	0.565322
January to December 1986	0.570900
January to December 1985	0.583803
January to December 1984	0.597877
July 1983 to December 1983	0.611475
July 1982 to June 1983	0.638245
July 1981 to June 1982	0.674681
July 1980 to June 1981	0.715381
July 1979 to June 1980	0.741020
July 1978 to June 1979	0.756827
July 1977 to June 1978	0.770375
July 1976 to June 1977	0.784187
July 1975 to June 1976	0.800173

 

 

 

     

This page last updated in Release Number: 20-03
Release Date: 08/03/2020
Effective Date: 01/01/2020

---

The information concerning the Medicaid program provided in this handbook release is published in accordance with: Titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act; Parts 430 through 481 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; Chapters 46 and 49 of the Wisconsin Statutes; and Chapters HA 3, DHS 2, 10 and 101 through 109 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

Notice: The content within this manual is the sole responsibility of the State of Wisconsin's Department of Health Services (DHS). This site will link to sites outside of DHS where appropriate. DHS is in no way responsible for the content of sites outside of DHS.

Publication Number: P-10030