Whether you realize it or not, Social Security is an indispensable program that's responsible for pulling close to 22.5 million people out of poverty each year. Nearly 9 out of 10 current retirees lean on their monthly payouts, to some varied degree, to make ends meet. 

It's also a dynamic program that's constantly undergoing changes. Every year, during the second week of October, the Social Security Administration releases a fact sheet detailing the abundance of differences the program's 65 million beneficiaries and close to 165 million working Americans can expect in the upcoming year. 

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