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  "id": 12165996,
  "title": "Social Security checks could increase by just $69 next year. Here's how to close the retirement income gap",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/social-security-checks-could-increase-by-just-69-next-year-heres-how",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-05T14:16:25.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/select/social-security-cola-2027/"
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  "summary": "No matter what the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment is, you’ll need additional income to afford retirement.",
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        "published": "2026-10-05T11:06:01.000Z"
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        "title": "Trumpflation Is Accelerating, Raising the Odds of the 5th-Largest Social Security COLA Over the Last 35 Years",
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