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Social Security Gets $200 Boost | Huntsville News
Bernie Sanders and Peter DeFazio just dropped a bold new bill: the Social Security Expansion Act. It’s designed to give every current recipient—retirees, disabled, or survivors—an extra $200 monthly, on top of regular cost-of-living adjustments. The bill also swaps out the current COLA formula for one that better tracks seniors’ real expenses, especially healthcare and prescriptions. To fix the looming funding shortfall by 2032—and avoid future cuts—the plan raises the income cap for Social Security taxes from $147K to $250K, ensuring 91% of households below that threshold won’t pay more…
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