21.   In Georgia, monthly checks will be cut off even sooner.

22.   In many cases, their monthly SSI check is their only income.

23.   In some cases, payments could be too low to pay off the principal, which could even grow if the monthly checks fell short of the interest due.

24.   Instead, Congress should focus on improving benefits for people who must retire early and have few resources except their monthly Social Security checks.

25.   Kaufmann also said she was worried that the majority of people who receive Social Security benefits will not be able to afford the deductions from their monthly checks.

26.   Kendrick said he still sends a monthly check to White in Billerica as part of the purchase price.

27.   Medicare premiums are deducted from monthly Social Security checks.

28.   My suggestion is that rather than using the check-writing option, she ask Vanguard to send her a monthly check for a fixed amount.

29.   Monthly checks start coming about two months later, they added.

30.   More than a decade ago, Cynthia Brown, a retiree in Monroe, La., was having trouble making ends meet with her monthly Social Security check.