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21-01 Version of 39.6 Cost-of-Living Adjustment

To calculate the COLAcost-of-living adjustment. An increase in income to compensate for inflation. disregardAn amount not counted when determining a person's total net income. amount, do the following: 

1. Find the AGassistance group's current gross OASDIOld Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program. Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program payments, known as “Social Security” by the Social Security Administration (SSA) include SSA Retirement, Disability, Survivors benefits, and any other benefits covered in Title II of the Social Security Act. Benefits income. The gross OASDI income is the sum of the following:
   1. OASDI check.
   2. Any amount that has been withheld for a Medicare premium.
   3. 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 SSISupplemental Security Income. A program based on financial need operated by the Social Security Administration that provides monthly income to low income people who are age 65 or older, blind, or disabled..
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 2020	0.012833
January to December 2019	0.028379
January to December 2018	0.054843
January to December 2017	0.073376
January to December 2016	0.076148
January to December 2015	0.076148
January to December 2014	0.091590
January to December 2013	0.105015
January to December 2012	0.119976
January to December 2011	0.150556
January to December 2010	0.150556
January to December 2009	0.150556
January to December 2008	0.197123
January to December 2007	0.215174
January to December 2006	0.240245
January to December 2005	0.270169
January to December 2004	0.289356
January to December 2003	0.303973
January to December 2002	0.313582
January to December 2001	0.330977
January to December 2000	0.353601
January to December 1999	0.368751
January to December 1998	0.376852
January to December 1997	0.389669
January to December 1996	0.406870
January to December 1995	0.421900
January to December 1994	0.437646
January to December 1993	0.451897
January to December 1992	0.467861
January to December 1991	0.486848
January to December 1990	0.513138
January to December 1989	0.534993
January to December 1988	0.552878
January to December 1987	0.570900
January to December 1986	0.576407
January to December 1985	0.589144
January to December 1984	0.603037
July 1983 to December 1983	0.616461
July 1982 to June 1983	0.642888
July 1981 to June 1982	0.678856
July 1980 to June 1981	0.719034
July 1979 to June 1980	0.744344
July 1978 to June 1979	0.759947
July 1977 to June 1978	0.773321
July 1976 to June 1977	0.786956
July 1975 to June 1976	0.802737

This page last updated in Release Number: 21-01
Release Date: 03/29/2021
Effective Date: 01/01/2021

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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.

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