tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26107310.post6706250284395940827..comments2023-07-02T06:38:25.784-04:00Comments on The FEHBlog: TGIFDavid Ermerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841542810249024908noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26107310.post-66968554568967231252015-09-01T16:54:55.311-04:002015-09-01T16:54:55.311-04:00The "hold harmless" provision is for Soc...The "hold harmless" provision is for Social Security annuitants, not Medicare patients. Most CSRS employes did indeed pay Medicare taxes while employed (at least those that worked after 1983). It is only those retirees that do not receive SS benefits that will be hit with the increase in Medicare costs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com