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H.R. 288, The Notch Baby Act of 2007 (6 comments ↓)
H.R. 288 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved benefit computation formula for workers affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who attain age 65 during the 10-year period after 1981 and before 1992 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly.
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am
My father has been dead for over 20 years. He was 65 in 1983. He was waiting for the Notch Baby
Act to pass. He died waiting.
Marsha
It is a shame that we can take care of people that are here illegal, but these people are living in poverty due to nothing being corrected on something that should have never been in effect. They have worked all their lives, did not expect help from anyone and can barely make ends meet. This is a shame and needs to be changed now. We all need to fight for the very few that are still alive and help them get what is due them.
Alex
Actually, they are getting more than what is due them. The notch baby claim is a fraud. Read AARP ste in regards to this. Beneficiaries born before the 1917-1921 group did get higher benefits than those in the 1917-1921 group, but htat was due to an error by Congress in the early 70s that was then corrected in 77. The notch group, while receiving less than the windfall the 1916 group received, got benefits calculated at a higher rate than the 1922 on group, because congress felt it was unfair to take away all of the higher benefits they had planned on. The reason people who retired after the notch group retired may generally have higher benefits is they earned more during their working years as wages were going up.
Margaret
I am one of the notch babies and it is definitely not of my doing and yet I am penalized and getting less than others who were not within the notch baby period. Exactly what is fair about this!
Elizabeth
At the time I retired I figured my amount according to the booklet given to me. When my first check came it was less than shown in the booklet and when I went to Social Security to complain I was told that mine was figured differently.
Bob
Do we have any chance at all???