USATODAY.com - Social Security checks to get largest boost since 1991

USATODAY.com - Social Security checks to get largest boost since 1991: "Social Security checks to get largest boost since 1991
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 48 million Americans will get a 4.1% increase in their monthly Social Security checks next year, the largest increase in more than a decade. For the average retiree, it will mean an increase of $39 a month.

The cost of living adjustment, or COLA, was announced Friday by the Social Security Administration. It will be the biggest increase since a 5.4% gain in 1991. The increase last January was 2.7%."