Social Security recipients could see a 10.5% increase in their payments next year, driven by the steep rise in inflation, according to a new estimate and pictured, U.S. Treasury checks on July 18, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Social Security recipients could see a 10.5% increase in their payments next year, driven by the steep rise in inflation, according to a new estimate and pictured, U.S. Treasury checks on July 18, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mandatory Credit: William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

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Social Security recipients could see a 10.5% increase in their payments next year, driven by the steep rise in inflation, according to a new estimate.