All The COLA Adjustments

<br /><br />     Some excerpts from Social Security's notice of cost of living and other adjustments for 2017, which will appear in the Federal Register tomorrow:<br /><br />The maximum Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) monthly benefit amounts for <br />2017 under title XVI o<br />f the Act will be $735 for an eligible individual, $1,103 for an eligible <br />individual with an eligible spouse, and $368 for an essential

All The COLA Adjustments

     Some excerpts from Social Security's notice of cost of living and other adjustments for 2017, which will appear in the Federal Regi...

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This Is Outrageous

<br /><br />     From a recent report by Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) (emphasis added):<br /><br /><br />We continue to find that SSA [Social Security Administration] needs to improve controls to ensure it <br />pays child beneficiaries’ withheld benefits pending the selection of <br />a representative payee. Based on our random sample, we estimate <br />that SSA did not pay 6,615 beneficiaries approximately <br />$

This Is Outrageous

     From a recent report by Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) (emphasis added): We continue to find that SSA [Social ...

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