Posts Tagged Social Security Act

  • Social Security Announces 3.6 Percent Benefit Increase for 2012

    Cost-of-Living Adjustment is First Since 2009 Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 60 million Americans will increase 3.6 percent in 2012, the Social Security Administration has announced. The 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begi...

  • Your Social Security Your Social Security

    By Christina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office UNDER THE LAW NO SOCIAL SECURITY COLA FOR 2011 Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 58 million Americans will not automatically increase in 2011, the Social Security Admini...

  • Your Social Security Your Social Security

    by Randoe Dice Social Security District Manager, Davenport Iowa SOCIAL SECURITY SHOWCASES HISTORY IN 75TH YEAR What you may not have realized when you rang in 2010 was that you also were ringing in the 75th anniversary of Social Security. On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...