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Social Security Update for 2023 Dec. 28, 2022
It has been my custom for most of the past 25 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the S... Read More
Happy Birthday, SSI! Nov. 16, 2022
I was playing one of my morning online word puzzles when up popped a little blurb from a senior citi... Read More
Social Security COLA for 2023 Oct. 19, 2022
In mid-October every year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its much-anticipated report on ch... Read More
Another Misleading Headline Aug. 17, 2022
I don't know how you folks get by without being scared out of your wits by misleading Social Securit... Read More
A COLA Gift From Congress Few Seniors Know About Jan. 12, 2022
I wonder if any of my readers have thought about this. Why did you get the 2022 cost-of-living incre... Read More
Are Colas Healthier Than Drinking Tea? Dec. 07, 2020
DR. WALLACE: I'm 17 years old, and last year, I switched from drinking cola products to drinking tea... Read More
Will This Be My Last 'Notch Baby' Column? Dec. 11, 2019
About once every two years or so, I write a column about Social Security's infamous "notch baby" iss... Read More
Observant Reader Notices Fluke in COLA Payments Mar. 07, 2018
Q: The recent cost-of-living adjustment to our Social Security checks got me wondering about somethi... Read More
'Notch Babies' Now Reaching Century Mark -- and They Are Still Mad! Feb. 21, 2018
There is a group of very old people out there who, for decades now, has been misled into believing t... Read More
My Annual COLA Column Oct. 18, 2017
Most people reading this column have probably heard the government announcement that Social Security... Read More
Social Security COLAs and Medicare Premiums Nov. 02, 2016
If I am reading national polls correctly, the majority of Americans claim they want smaller governme... Read More
Social Security Update for 2016 Dec. 23, 2015
It has been my custom for most of the last 18 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the S... Read More
