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22-01 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 2021	0.055713
January to December 2020	0.067831
January to December 2019	0.082511
January to December 2018	0.107501
January to December 2017	0.125001
January to December 2016	0.127618
January to December 2015	0.127618
January to December 2014	0.142201
January to December 2013	0.154877
January to December 2012	0.169004
January to December 2011	0.197881
January to December 2010	0.197881
January to December 2009	0.197881
January to December 2008	0.241853
January to December 2007	0.258899
January to December 2006	0.282574
January to December 2005	0.310830
January to December 2004	0.328948
January to December 2003	0.342750
January to December 2002	0.351825
January to December 2001	0.368250
January to December 2000	0.389614
January to December 1999	0.403920
January to December 1998	0.411569
January to December 1997	0.423672
January to December 1996	0.439915
January to December 1995	0.454108
January to December 1994	0.468976
January to December 1993	0.482433
January to December 1992	0.497508
January to December 1991	0.515437
January to December 1990	0.540263
January to December 1989	0.560900
January to December 1988	0.577789
January to December 1987	0.594807
January to December 1986	0.600007
January to December 1985	0.612034
January to December 1984	0.625153
July 1983 to December 1983	0.637829
July 1982 to June 1983	0.662783
July 1981 to June 1982	0.696748
July 1980 to June 1981	0.734687
July 1979 to June 1980	0.758587
July 1978 to June 1979	0.773321
July 1977 to June 1978	0.785950
July 1976 to June 1977	0.798825
July 1975 to June 1976	0.813727

 

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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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