More good news from Disability Scoop..
Payments to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries are set to go up a good bit next year.
The Social Security Administration said this week that payments will rise 2.8 percent for 2019.
The increase is due to an automatic cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, that's mandated by law and is based on inflation. It will take effect starting Dec, 31 for the nation's 8 million SSI recipients and in January for the 63 million Americans benefiting from Social Security.
For individuals receiving SSI, the maximum federal federal payment will grow to $771 per month.up from $50 this year. Couples benefiting from the program will top out at $1, 157 per month compared to $1,125 this year.
Some states provide additional funds to SSI beneficiaries, so actual payments may be higher.
This coming year's COLA is slightly higher than the 2 percent increase beneficiaries saw in 2018 and represents the largest year-over-year increase since 2012 when payments rose 3.6 percent.
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