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For people on benefits, inflation adjustments lag behind

by Amanda Peacher

Dec 10, 2021

Social security and SNAP benefits are adjusted every year for inflation. While that tends to be enough in normal years, it's not enough right now.

For those on fixed incomes, inflated prices on everyday items like rent and food can hit particularly hard.

Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

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