will cover it...hahahaha....actually it is a cruel joke on seniors like me.
Hospital bills, doctors's bills, health insurance premiums, grocery prices, lawyer's fees to make a will,
car repairs, price of cars, stuff I need from Home Depot to maintain my house and lawn, property tax, etc etc etc are going up much faster than 1.6%.

will be used to pay Medicare cost increases.
That’s really my own fault for not being a billionaire or defense contractor.

In my case, my Soc-Sec net raise is $12 in 2020, even with Medicare going up.
That $12 won't even cover increases in utility bills.

But a billionaire would not give a crap about whether his SS check was going up enough to go out to a movie.

and have your point of view recorded into the file for the rate increase. Also contacting your local and state representatives may be a good idea.

deal since the water for the pool doesn't go out into the sewers.

My water and sewer together are about $50/month, I think.

I'm outside the city, but they do supply my water. For Sewer, I don;t even know anymore where it is processed. I get my bill from Palmetto Utilities LC. At first, I was told that they were just doing the billing, and my sewage would still be processed by Columbia. They apparently do own some sewage facilities, since that is the grounds for the increase. When I was being billed by Columbia, my sewer service cost about $13 a month. If they get this next rate increase, it will be $66.62.