Canadian researchers find a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested. Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada have cured cancer last week, yet there is a little ripple in the news or in TV.
Social Security recipients will get a 1.7% cost-of-living raise starting in January, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday. For the average retired person receiving Social Security, monthly payments would rise $22 to $1,328 from $1,306. The average couple's benefits would rise to $2,176 from $2,140. Average annual payout: $15,936.
Retirement Blog. Social Security going up 1.7%. Social Security announced this morning that the annual cost of living, or COLA, increase for 2015 will be 1.7 percent. For the average Social Security recipient, that is a monthly increase of about $22.20, bringing the payment to about $1,328 per month or $15,938 a year in 2015.