Bill with extra $200 per month in Social Security didn’t pass

In current weeks, many VERIFY readers have reached out to the workforce with questions on a possible change to Social Security advantages.

Social Security supplies folks with an earnings once they retire or can’t work on account of incapacity. Those who’re retired can sometimes begin receiving their Social Security advantages as early as age 62.

Social Security funds elevated by 8.7%, or about $140 per month for the common recipient, for 2023 on account of an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).

But might one other enhance in advantages be on the way in which? Several VERIFY readers, together with Doug, requested if they may see an extra $200 per month in their Social Security checks.

Are Social Security recipients getting an extra $200 per month?

No, Social Security recipients aren’t getting an extra $200 per month. A invoice that was launched in the House and Senate in 2022 proposed the elevated funds, nevertheless it didn’t pass. 

A invoice that might have elevated Social Security funds by $200 per month was launched in each the House and Senate in June 2022. But the laws didn’t pass.

The Social Security Expansion Act included a $200 month-to-month enhance in Social Security advantages for brand new and present recipients, separate from the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), in accordance with a fact sheet on the invoice. That means recipients would have seen an extra $2,400 per 12 months on common, if the invoice had handed.

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The laws as written would have utilized this enhance to individuals who obtain retirement, incapacity and survivor advantages, however not those that obtain Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Mary Johnson, the Senior Citizens League’s Social Security and Medicare coverage analyst, stated. SSI is a needs-based program for folks with restricted earnings and assets.

The Social Security Expansion Act was referred to numerous committees in the House and Senate for dialogue, which is step one in the legislative course of, nevertheless it didn’t pass and even make it to a vote earlier than the 117th Congress formally ended on Jan. 3. That means the invoice would should be reintroduced in 2023. 

A search of Congressional legislation reveals the Social Security Expansion Act hasn’t been reintroduced as of Feb. 3, 2023. 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who launched the Social Security Expansion Act in the Senate, hasn’t made an announcement on his website about reintroducing the invoice, both. Sanders’ workplace didn’t reply to an e-mail asking if he plans to reintroduce the laws.

The consultant who sponsored the laws in the House retired and is not in workplace.