Millions of Social Security beneficiaries will receive their December retirement checks, worth up to $4,873 per check for those who retire at 70 years old, in two days. Social Security beneficiaries who were born from the 11th through the 20th of a month will receive their regular monthly checks for December from the Social Security Administration on Wednesday.

Retirees usually get their Social Security benefits on Wednesday, but for the fourth week of December this will not happen due to a calendar irregularity.

A review of the legislation by the Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan federal agency in the legislative branch, found passage of the bill would increase Social Security expenditures, and possibly exhaust the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund six months earlier than the current 2033 projection.

As the year draws to a close, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is preparing to disburse its penultimate payments for the season. Scheduled for December 18, these payments will benefit individuals born between the 11th and 20th of the month,