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  "id": 1768039,
  "title": "Is the Social Security COLA Formula Broken? Here's What Experts Are Saying.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/is-the-social-security-cola-formula-broken-heres-what-experts-are",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T17:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.fool.com/retirement/2026/08/18/is-the-social-security-cola-formula-broken-experts/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Social Security COLA is supposed to protect retirees from losing ground due to inflation, but there could be a major flaw in its design.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "Is the Social Security COLA Formula Broken? Here's What Experts Are Saying.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/is-the-social-security-cola-formula-broken-heres-what-experts-are-1770002",
        "published": "2026-08-18T17:50:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}