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• Experts say tiny 2017 COLA shows system fails to calculate real-world needs

  As retired and disabled federal employees absorbed the disappointing news about next year’s cost-of-living increase, critics took aim at every aspect of the increase—from its meager size to its effect on Medicare beneficiaries to the method used to calculate it. View More

• Employee groups condemn 2017 mini-COLA

  The Social Security Administration on Tuesday announced a meager 0.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment for 2017. View More

• Vets on track to receive cost-of-living increase in 2017

  A bill that would provide veterans a cost-of-living increase next year has passed both houses of Congress, and is expected to soon become law. View More