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How High Gas Prices Impact Your Social Security Checks
Senior citizens should expect higher prices to persist longer than many anticipated, as rising oil and gas prices continue to push up input costs across multiple industries,” Kevin Thompson, finance expert and founder and CEO of 9i Capital Group, told Newsweek.
Social Security Mistake Impacted Payments to Thousands—Who’s Affected?
Social Security is supposed to step up when a spouse passes, allowing the surviving spouse to move into a higher benefit. But this has long been a manual process, and in too many cases, it was done wrong,” Kevin Thompson, the CEO of 9i Capital Group and the host of the 9innings podcast, told Newsweek.
Social Security Benefits Could Increase for Millions Under New Bill
There is no excess funding sitting in the Social Security system to support additional payouts,” Kevin Thompson, the CEO of 9i Capital Group and the host of the 9innings podcast, told Newsweek. “Instead of finding ways to reinforce the trust fund, we keep seeing proposals that increase obligations. That’s the disconnect.
Social Security Change Could Cut Benefits for 400,000 Americans
Changing the qualification standards to require an entire household to be eligible for or receiving public assistance would be extremely harmful,” Kevin Thompson, a finance expert and the founder and CEO of 9i Capital Group, told Newsweek. “The most vulnerable populations would be impacted, and given how small that cohort already is, it is difficult to understand why this is even being considered.