Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2%

Social Security recipients will see a 3.2% increase next year. The government has announced the annual cost-of-living adjustment.

The average monthly check will go up by $59 next year. The adjustments are based on inflation rates.

About 71 million people including retirees, disabled people and children receive Social Security benefits.

There are over 140,000 recipients in North Dakota and 1.08 million in Minnesota.

There have been legislative proposals to shore up Social Security, but they have not made it past committee hearings.

A March poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that most U.S. adults are opposed to proposals that would cut into Medicare or Social Security benefits, and 79% of people polled said they oppose reducing the size of Social Security benefits.