It has been my custom for most of the past 24 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the Social Security changes and updates scheduled to take place the following year.
Almost all Social Security beneficiaries are familiar with the most popular and publicized upcoming change: the increase in monthly benefit checks for 2022 due to the automated cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). In fact, Social Security recipients have probably already received a letter from the Social Security Administration telling them of the expected increase.
