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Social Security: 2018 increase brings no cheer

‘Tis the season to be cutting: our Christmas tree, the Christmas turkey, federal taxes — and our Social Security checks.

While we were looking forward to the announced 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment in 2018, we were informed of our real increase: none for my wife, 0.3 percent for me, apparently due to higher Medicare charges.

Bah, humbug.

This story was originally published December 22, 2017 at 4:05 PM with the headline "Social Security: 2018 increase brings no cheer."

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