But the minimum benefit has failed to reach many poor beneficiaries due to design limitations.
In fact, no new retirees have become eligible for it since 1998.
The minimum benefit itself has become nearly obsolete because it is indexed annually to the growth in prices.
Two AARP Public Policy Institute reports spotlight the opportunities and challenges of enhancing the minimum benefit.
See this AARPIn Brieffor an overview and summary of the two reports.
Read the PDF report.
How Could a New Social Security Minimum Benefit Help Seniors?
Find links to all three papers on the Social Security minimum benefit in the right column of this page.
