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The regulation is projected to "result in a reduction of about 6,500 OASDI [Social Security] beneficiary awards per year and 4,000 SSI recipient awards per year on average over the period FY 2019-28, with a corresponding reduction of $4.6 billion in OASDI benefit payments and $0.8 billion in Federal SSI payments over the same period."
Congressional amendments to Social Security took place in even numbered years (election years) because the bills were politically popular, but by the late 1970s, this era was over. For the next three decades, projections of Social Security's finances would show large, long-term deficits, and in the early 1980s, the program flirted with ...
The program was initially established in 1935 in response to the Great Depression. The first to file for Social Security was Ida Mae Fuller in 1940. [16] Fuller paid $24.75 in taxes during her three years working under the social security program, and drew an aggregate of $22,889 in benefits before passing at age 100.
The first Social Security office opened in Austin, Texas, on October 14, 1936. [11] Social Security taxes were first collected in January 1937, along with the first one-time, lump-sum payments. [9] The first person to receive monthly retirement benefits was Ida May Fuller of Brattleboro, Vermont. Her first check, dated January 31, 1940, was in ...
Nearly 72.88 million Americans rely on Social Security for monthly income. The vast majority, about 65.5 million, collect Social Security benefits. Another 4.88 million receive Supplemental ...
In 2022, Social Security recipients got their biggest raise in 40 years when the SSA responded to rising inflation with the highest cost of living adjustment (COLA) since 1982. They have Richard ...
The original Social Security Act of 1935 did not include disability insurance. After two decades of policy discussion, disability benefits were introduced through the Social Security Amendments of 1956, which was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 1, 1956. These amendments authorized monthly payments for permanently and ...
Birth year. Full retirement age. 1943–1954. 66. 1955. 66 and 2 months. 1956. 66 and 4 months. 1957. 66 and 6 months. 1958. 66 and 8 months. 1959. 66 and 10 months. 1960 or later