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With Inflation Dropping - Low 2013 COLA Forecast.A survey by The Senior Citizens League indicates that Social Security benefits have lost more than one-third of their purchasing power over the past decade. Do you support calculating the COLA using an index that more accurately measures seniors' cost of living?.Between age 55 and 64, it's as if our body's warranty expires and.For more information about town hall meetings near you during the holiday recess, call the local offices of your Members of Congress. For contact information, click HERE..You will need to respond to the Social Security Administration by stating that you are contesting the amount of earnings that the Social Security Administration says you had, and the amount of money they say you were over paid. You should also ask Social Security for a review of your earnings record. You may be a victim of identity theft and one or more people might be using your Social Security number to illegally work..The U.S. is not the only country with that experience. Canada and Great Britain have had the same experience..My husband and I are both 65 and won't turn 66 until later in 201I'm entitled to a monthly benefit of 0 at 66, and my husband a benefit of about ,300. He originally planned to "file and then suspend" his benefit at 66 and continue working until age 70 while his benefit grew. Meanwhile at 66, I was hoping to take a spouse benefit based on his earnings of ,150. That would also provide me with a higher survivors benefit of almost ,100 per month by 2021 should anything happen to him. Because of the recent changes is this strategy no longer available to us?.Instead, they are banking on seniors losing the grit and determination that saw them build America into the greatest economic and military power the world has ever known, in order to tax more, spend more, borrow more, and leave us a diminished nation. The generation of my mother and father left me a nation of opportunity and freedom. I assure you, I am reminded of that legacy every day I am in Congress, and remain determined to leave my children, and your grandchildren, a stronger nation.."Are You a Hospital Inpatient or Outpatient?" CMS, December 2009, Product No. 11435.