2017 Raise for Social Security & SSI

08 Nov 2017 Raise for Social Security & SSI

Posted at 03:00h in Disability Insurance, Finances by Triage Cancer

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The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced that the cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2017 will be a 0.3 percent increase for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.

That means that the SSI federal benefit rate in 2017 will increase by $2 to $735 per month for an individual, and by $3 to $1,103 per month for an eligible couple.

The estimated average monthly Social Security benefit payment will increase by $5 to $1,360 for retired workers, and by $4 to $1,300 for surviving spouses.

This marks the first COLA in two years, as there was no adjustment in 2016.

We will have to wait until next month to learn what the Medicare premiums for 2017 will be.

For more information on the other benefit changes for 2017, visit https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/factsheets/colafacts2017.pdf