1. The Chained CPI is a Bad Deal for Kids and Low-Income Working-Age Adults Too
(Matching tags: poverty, retirement, inequality, Social Security, Supplemental Security Income)

... addition to Social Security, the following major federal benefit benefit programs include inflation-indexing elements that rely on the non-chained CPI-U or CPI-W: —Medicaid; —Supplemental Security ...

2. Nick Kristof Needs to Stop Spouting (and Tweeting) Shoddy Statistics About Young People with Severe Disabilities
(Matching tags: poverty, inequality, Supplemental Security Income)

I wrote last week about Nick Kristof's irresponsible call to cut Supplemental Security Income for severely disabled children. Since then Kristof has received an outpouring of criticism for the numerous ...