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.
These and other questions pertaining to lump sum payments have been answered by Experts. The Social Security Lump Sum Death Payment is a benefit that is paid upon the death of an individual who has earned enough credits to have Social Security Insurance. The total of the Social Security Lump Sum Death Payment is $255.