[NFB-Seniors] Fwd: Social Security Press Release: Social Security Announces 1.3 Percent Benefit Increase for 2021

[Paul Lewis]

Don’t spend it all in one place!
How much is Medicare going up?

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> On Oct 14, 2020, at 12:05 AM, Tito Stewart via NFB-Seniors <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I hope everyone can benefit from this !
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> From: Helen Lee <helen.k.lee at lacity.org>
> Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 9:07 AM
> Subject: Fwd: Social Security Press Release: Social Security Announces 1.3
> Percent Benefit Increase for 2021
> To: Helen Lee <helen.k.lee at lacity.org>
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> From: Barron, Guillermo <Guillermo.Barron at ssa.gov>
> Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 9:03 AM
> Subject: Social Security Press Release: Social Security Announces 1.3
> Percent Benefit Increase for 2021
> To:
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> Good morning Colleagues,
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> 
> Below is an excerpt from Social Security’s latest press release:
> 
> *“Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for
> approximately 70 million Americans will increase 1.3 percent in 2021, the
> Social Security Administration announced today. The 1.3 percent
> cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more
> than 64 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2021.  Increased
> payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on December
> 31, 2020.”*
> 
> View the attached press releases (in English and Spanish) for the full
> content.
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> We have also updated this information on our Press Office
> <https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/> page.
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> Best,
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> 
> 
> Guillermo Barron
> 
> *Public Affairs Specialist*
> 
> Social Security Administration
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> L.A. Metro Area
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> Cell: (213) 304-5644
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> Helen Lee
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> Jannette Stewart
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> <PressRls.COLA2021-1.3 Final.doc>
> <1.3 COLA Fact Sheet 2021.docx>
> <Spanish PressRls.COLA2021.docx>
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