SSA Announces COLAs Kenneth S. Apfel, commissioner of Social Security, announced a 2.4% cost-of-living adjustment in benefits (COLA) for the year 2000. The average monthly benefit for retired workers will rise to $804 from $785, and the maximum monthly Supplemental Security Income payment will...
“The annual cost-of-living increases issued by SSA are ALWAYS automatic. No additional information is required for you to receive the legitimate COLA increase,” said Inspector General Gail S. Ennis. “Safeguard your personal information as these reports of misinformation are often scam-...
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CRS used historical values from SSA’s AWI page and the projected value for 2023 in the Social Security trustees’ 2024 report based on their intermediate set of assumptions. (See SSA, Office of the Chief Actuary, “National Average Wage Index,” https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/ AWI.html;...