Social Security Watch
FACT: Chained CPI Would Result In a Larger COLA Increase for 2014
MYTH:“Chained CPI would cut the 2014 Social Security cost-of-living increase of 1.5 percent to 1.2 percent.” – Robert Romasco, president of…
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A Guide to the 2013 Social Security Trustees Report By Charles Blahous
The Social Security and Medicare trustees released our annual reports last Friday, May 31. These reports set forth the state…
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Lew’s Conflicting Statements on Chained CPI – an Example of What’s Wrong in Washington
Included in the President’s budget proposal was a change to the way Social Security measures inflation – moving from the…
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