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.
Home / Get the Facts / Statistics. The average monthly Social Security benefit paid to retired workers in 2016 is $1,347.59, or $16,171.08 a year. The average monthly Social Security benefit paid to widows & widowers is $1,291.48, or $15,497.76 per year.