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Social Security is getting a 8.7% boost but advocates warn a recession could spell disaster for 2024 benefits — and the retirees who will depend on them

Social Security is getting a 8.7% boost but advocates warn a recession could spell disaster for 2024 benefits — and the retirees who will depend on them

Pamela James by Pamela James
October 14, 2022
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Social Security is getting a 8.7% boost but advocates warn a recession could spell disaster for 2024 benefits — and the retirees who will depend on them

Social Security benefits will be receiving their biggest boost in four decades starting in 2023, following this year’s sustained inflation.

The Social Security Administration just announced that next year’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is 8.7%.

“This may be the first and possibly the last time that beneficiaries today receive a COLA this high,” Mary Johnson, Social Security and Medicare policy analyst at advocacy group The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), said in a recent press release.

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While many retirees will welcome the needed boost to their budgets, the higher COLA combined with the U.S.’s current economic woes may have some dire financial consequences for both beneficiaries and the future of Social Security.

What does a higher COLA mean for you?

Keep in mind that the big benefit boost means an increase to your overall income.

Lower-income households could lose eligibility for certain programs, or receive less aid through Medicare Savings programs or Medicare Extra Help or Medicaid. Higher-income beneficiaries may end up paying more in Part B and D premiums if their incomes are higher than $97,000 (or $194,00 for joint filers).

The larger COLA could push you into a higher tax bracket as well. Up to 85% of Social Security benefits can be taxable if your income is over $25,000 ($32,000 for joint filers).

The Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, which helps pay your retirement benefits, is also expected to run out by 2034, according to the latest trustees report.

After the fund’s reserves are exhausted, you’ll receive about 77% of your benefits instead which would be drawn from tax revenue.

Johnson notes that next year’s higher payout could potentially hasten the fund’s insolvency date — an issue that is not being helped by the large drop in birth rates over the last few decades. Less people means less tax revenue to fund Social Security.

“The last time inflation was this high was in 1981,” Johnson adds. “The Social Security Trust Fund was close to insolvency and Congress enacted a series of bills that cut Social Security benefits and raised taxes.”

There could be ‘no COLA payable in 2024’

Johnson warns that a recession next year could have severe consequences for your Social Security benefits.

The majority of funding for the benefits comes from payroll taxes, but high unemployment during an economic downturn could “cause a significant worsening in the finances of the Social Security Trust Fund.”

The Bank of America forecasts the U.S. economy could lose about 175,000 jobs a month in the first quarter of 2023.

“In addition, an abrupt turn to deflation could mean that there may be no COLA payable in 2024,” Johnson says.

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2023 COLA is the biggest since 1981

The new COLA would lift the average retiree benefit by over $140 a month.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also announced in September that Medicare premiums will drop just over $5 a month to $164.90 next year — the first time Part B premiums have decreased in a decade.

However past COLAs haven’t always kept up with inflation. Seniors received a 5.9% COLA in January, but Johnson calculates that the benefit fell short by 50% on average.

“We won’t know the bottom line until we learn what inflation will be in 2023,” she says.

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This article provides information only and should not be construed as advice. It is provided without warranty of any kind.

Pamela James

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