Ryan's proposal to allow workers to shift a third of their Social Security taxes into retirement-oriented accounts has Democrats worried.

Some 55 million Social Security recipients will get a 3.6 percent increase in benefits next year, their first raise since 2009, the government announced Wednesday.

Social Security recipients will get a raise in January their first increase in benefits since 2009.

The Social Security Administration made $6.5 billion in overpayments in 2009, including $4 billion under a supplemental income program for the very poor.

Congress is putting off changes to Social Security, but the massive retirement and disability program still faces long-term financial problems from an aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound.