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New monthly Medicare surcharges will go into effect in 2018, but sometimes they can be reversed.

It's time for higher-income individuals to prepare for a nasty surprise that awaits some of them this fall. Notices of monthly surcharges involving both Medicare Part B and Part D premiums in 2018 will be sent to affected Medicare enrollees in October. But sometimes those surcharges can be reversed.

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