This Fact Sheet discusses how using the chained CPI would affect Social Security beneficiaries, as well as beneficiaries of other programs such as Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid, Medicare, ve ... More

Calculating Social Security ’ s annual cost -of-living adjustment (COLA) using a chained consumer price index (CPI) would cut benefits the most for the oldest Americans—those who are least able to aff ... More

This Fact Sheet focuses on older Americans’ reliance on various sources of retirement income by race, ethnicity and nativity. It also discusses features of the Social Security program important to ol ... More

This insight on the issues discusses alternative measures of inflation that could be used to adjust Social Security benefits, including the C-CPI and an elderly price index. It also discusses their im ... More

These fact sheets provide data on the value of Social Security and Medicare to older Americans in each state and show the economic benefits for each state. More

National experts provide a range of perspectives on leading proposals to reform Social Security. More

This fact sheet by Selena Caldera of the AARP Public Policy Institute describes how women benefit from the Social Security program and illustrates the importance of Social Security to women’s retireme ... More

This fact sheet by Mikki D. Waid of the AARP Public Policy Institute presents an overview of the Social Security’s program. This fact sheet presents important information regarding the purpose of Soci ... More

This fact sheet by Selena Caldera of the AARP Public Policy Institute describes how women benefit from the Social Security program and illustrates the importance of Social Security to women’s retireme ... More

This fact sheet examines how Social Security income helps keep older Americans out of poverty within each state. The fact sheet provides data for each state showing the numbers of older Americans who ... More