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That's because changing Social Security benefits required an act of Congress-literally. It took until 1950 for Congress to approve the first adjustment to Social Security benefits, an across-the-board increase of 77%. 3 Future increases were far from annual and also required Congress to pass legislation.
For 2013, the maximum Social Security benefit for someone reaching Full Retirement Age (FRA) in that year will be $2,533, an increase of $20 over 2012. In the wake of these announcements a couple of weeks ago, a reader (thanks, DS!) sent me a question: Why is it that the maximum Social Security benefit only increased from $2,513 to $2,533? This is only an increase of 0.8%, while the COLA increase indicated that benefits would climb by 1.7%? This is a drawn out and complicated situation to explain, but I think itâs important to fully understand.