• A new law passed in January provides nearly 3 million people with Social Security benefit increases. • In a new update, the Social Security Administration says 91% of adjustments have been processed. • Here’s the latest on the status of those payments.

The Social Security Administration has now processed about 91% of cases related to a new law that is prompting higher benefits and lump-sum retroactive payments for nearly 3 million people, according to a new update from the agency.

The Social Security Fairness Act, which was signed into law in January, eliminated two provisions — the Windfall Elimination Provision, or WEP, and the Government Pension Offset, or GPO — that previously reduced benefits for individuals who also receive income from public pensions that did not require the

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