So if you are on Social Security and Medicare, good news and bad news in 2012. You get a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for both. Here are articles that talk about both:
http://www.ssa.gov/cola/
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-10-28/business/30335422_1_standard-premium-medicare-part-b-premium-monthly-premium
Isn’t that great!