There are some 72.5 million Social Security recipients in the U.S. – 69 million traditional Social Security beneficiaries and another 7.5 million Supplemental Security Income or a combination of the both.
Social Security recipients typically learn the next year’s cost of living adjustment, or COLA, in mid-October. The ongoing government shutdown could delay that announcement, however.
There are two scenarios facing Social Security and Supplemental Sec... [2463 chars]