分析人士称,经过两年的大幅增长,社会保障生活费用调整幅度将在2024年回落到实际水平,这反映了近期通胀的放缓。
受通货膨胀影响,今年社会保障受益人的生活费用调整(COLA)涨幅达到了40年来的最高水平,支票上涨了8.7%。2022年的增幅为5.9%,而2021的增幅为1.3%。
尽管现在还为时过早(2024年的官方数据将于10月公布),但根据无党派老年人权益组织——老年公民联盟(TSCL)的最新预测,这一比例可能在3%左右。这还不到今年增幅的一半,但仍高于近年来的许多年份。在过去的20年里,平均生活费用调整增幅为2.6%。
根据老年公民联盟的预测,3%的增幅将使平均社会福利金支票增加53.60美元,受益人将从2024年1月开始领取调整后的社会福利金支票。尽管如此,最终的支付额将取决于受益人是否同时参加了联邦医疗保险:B部分保险费会从支票中自动扣除。The Medicare Trustees今年早些时候预测,B部分保险费将从2023年的164.90元增加到2024年的174.80美元,但可能会更高。
大约有6700万美国人领取社会保障福利金,其中大多数是退休人员(残疾人士和遗属也领取福利金)。大多数美国老年人依靠每月的联邦福利金生活,尤其是那些低收入的老年人。许多老年人没有其他储蓄或收入来源可依靠;事实上,这是一项针对老年人的“关键”扶贫计划。
生活费用调整是根据前一年7月至9月城市工薪阶层和文职人员消费者价格指数的年平均涨幅计算得出的。
虽然通胀正在放缓(6月份达到了两年来的最低水平3%),但在过去几年里,通胀加上动荡的股市对老年人和其他固定收入人群的打击尤为严重。由于预算捉襟见肘,一些老年人不得不在账单支付方面做出艰难选择;其他人则推迟退休或重返工作岗位。对许多老年人来说,医疗费用尤其令人担忧。
据老年公民联盟称,自2000年以来,社会保障福利金的购买力已经下降了30%以上,这在很大程度上是由于“生活费用调整幅度跟不上通胀的步伐”。(财富中文网)
译者:中慧言-王芳
分析人士称,经过两年的大幅增长,社会保障生活费用调整幅度将在2024年回落到实际水平,这反映了近期通胀的放缓。
受通货膨胀影响,今年社会保障受益人的生活费用调整(COLA)涨幅达到了40年来的最高水平,支票上涨了8.7%。2022年的增幅为5.9%,而2021的增幅为1.3%。
尽管现在还为时过早(2024年的官方数据将于10月公布),但根据无党派老年人权益组织——老年公民联盟(TSCL)的最新预测,这一比例可能在3%左右。这还不到今年增幅的一半,但仍高于近年来的许多年份。在过去的20年里,平均生活费用调整增幅为2.6%。
根据老年公民联盟的预测,3%的增幅将使平均社会福利金支票增加53.60美元,受益人将从2024年1月开始领取调整后的社会福利金支票。尽管如此,最终的支付额将取决于受益人是否同时参加了联邦医疗保险:B部分保险费会从支票中自动扣除。The Medicare Trustees今年早些时候预测,B部分保险费将从2023年的164.90元增加到2024年的174.80美元,但可能会更高。
大约有6700万美国人领取社会保障福利金,其中大多数是退休人员(残疾人士和遗属也领取福利金)。大多数美国老年人依靠每月的联邦福利金生活,尤其是那些低收入的老年人。许多老年人没有其他储蓄或收入来源可依靠;事实上,这是一项针对老年人的“关键”扶贫计划。
生活费用调整是根据前一年7月至9月城市工薪阶层和文职人员消费者价格指数的年平均涨幅计算得出的。
虽然通胀正在放缓(6月份达到了两年来的最低水平3%),但在过去几年里,通胀加上动荡的股市对老年人和其他固定收入人群的打击尤为严重。由于预算捉襟见肘,一些老年人不得不在账单支付方面做出艰难选择;其他人则推迟退休或重返工作岗位。对许多老年人来说,医疗费用尤其令人担忧。
据老年公民联盟称,自2000年以来,社会保障福利金的购买力已经下降了30%以上,这在很大程度上是由于“生活费用调整幅度跟不上通胀的步伐”。(财富中文网)
译者:中慧言-王芳
After two years of significant increases, the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment will fall back down to earth for 2024, analysts say, reflecting the recent slowdown in inflation.
Social Security beneficiaries received the largest COLA hikes in 40 years this year, with checks increasing 8.7%, thanks to inflation. This followed a 5.9% increase in 2022, compared to 1.3% in 2021.
Though it’s still too soon for the official figure for 2024—it will be announced in October—it is likely to be around 3%, according to a new prediction from the Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonpartisan seniors’ advocacy group. That’s less than half of this year’s bump but still higher than many recent years. For the past two decades, the average COLA has been 2.6%.
An increase of 3% would result in an extra $53.60 for the average Social Security check, per TSCL, and beneficiaries will start receiving the adjustment in January 2024. That said, the final payment will depend on whether or not beneficiaries are also enrolled in Medicare: Part B premiums are automatically deducted from checks. The Medicare Trustees predicted earlier this year that Part B premiums will increase from $164.90 in 2023 to $174.80 in 2024—but it could be even higher than that.
Roughly 67 million Americans receive Social Security benefits, with the majority being retirees (disabled adults and surviving spouses also receive the benefits). Most elderly Americans depend on the monthly federal benefits, particularly those who are low income. Many do not have other savings or sources of income to fall back on; in fact, it is a “key” anti-poverty program for the elderly.
The COLA is based on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers in July through September of the preceding year.
While inflation is moderating—it hit 3% in June, the lowest level in two years—it, along with a rocky stock market, have hit seniors and others on fixed incomes especially hard over the past few years. Some have had to make hard choices about what to pay for as their budgets are stretched thin; others have delayed retirement or gone back to work. Health care costs are especially worrisome for many.
Social Security benefits have lost over 30% of their purchasing power since 2000, according to TSCL, due in large part to “inadequate COLAs.”