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Title 8: Medicaid Page 77 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter F: Coverage Groups Non-MAGI-Related Coverage Groups Revised May 22, 2026 People Ineligible for SSI (or SSA) 4. Find the amount of the person’s social security entitlement when SSI or SSA was canceled. Multiply that entitlement by the percent of increase in the COLA for each year since cancellation using the table that follows. July 1977 5.9%

January 2002 2.6% July 1978 6.5%

January 2003 1.4% July 1979 9.9%

January 2004 2.1% July 1980 14.3%

January 2005 2.7% July 1981 11.2%

January 2006 4.1% July 1982 7.4%

January 2007 3.3% 1983 0

January 2008 2.3% January 1984 3.5%

January 2009 5.8% January 1985 3.5%

January 2010 0 January 1986 3.1%

January 2011 0 January 1987 1.3%

January 2012 3.6% January 1988 4.2%

January 2013 1.7% January 1989 4.0%

January 2014 1.5% January 1990 4.7%

January 2015 1.7% January 1991 5.4%

January 2016 0 January 1992 3.7%

January 2017 0.3% January 1993 3.0%

January 2018 2.0% January 1994 2.6%

January 2019 2.8% January 1995 2.8%

January 2020 1.6% January 1996 2.6%

January 2021 1.3% January 1997 2.9%

January 2022 5.9% January 1998 2.1%

January 2023 8.7% January 1999 1.3%

January 2024 3.2% January 2000 2.5%*

January 2025 2.5% January 2001 3.5%

January 2026 2.8% * The 2000 amount was adjusted for a CPI error. Add the result to the immediately preceding entitlement. Use that total to calculate the next increase, if any. Before July 1982, the Social Security Administration rounded COLA benefits to the nearest dime (e.g., $179.555 became $179.60). Since July 1982, Social Security has dropped benefits to the nearest dime ($179.555 becomes $179.50).