President Trump is ending an 85-year practice for Social Security, effective Sept. 30.

For many of Social Security's more than 53 million retired-worker beneficiaries, their monthly payout represents a financial foundation. Even though the average monthly retired-worker benefit of $2,008.31 , as of August, is a relatively modest sum, it's helped slash the senior poverty rate and is relied on by 80% to 90% of retirees each month to cover some portion of their expenses.

But this program, which has been doling out traditional benefits to retired workers, workers with disabilities, and survivors of deceased workers, for decades, is adjusted often. Changes are implemented and announced on a near-annual basis by the Social Security Administration (SSA).

However, the SSA isn't the only entit

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