Social Security’s 2026 cost-of-living raise may hit 2.7%, but a sharp rise in Medicare premiums could erase most gains.

While the sweeping tariff policy announced in April didn’t appear to have an immediate impact on the 2026 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) projections, that might be changing, albeit ...

An email touting a new law that cuts taxes and safety-net spending wrongly politicizes the Social Security Administration, ...

Key Points The 2026 annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) could come in light again based on recent data. As inflation has slowed, COLAs have come down in recent years.However, millions of retirees ...

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment could rise 2.7%. But Medicare Part B premiums are set to rise even more, eating ...

Every October, the Social Security Administration reveals its annual cost-of-living adjustment, also known as COLA, based on inflation data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Social Security Administration is about to get a new commissioner, but that's only the latest of a series of changes at the agency since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

And one such solution is to raise Social Security's full retirement age. Currently, that age is 67 for anyone born in 1960 or later.

Social Security benefits are given a cost-of-living adjustment each year. The 2025 COLA increase is the smallest since 2021.

More than 70 million Social Security recipients are in line for an 8.7% increase in 2023, the largest cost-of-living-adjustment in more than 40 years. And, starting next month, recipients will be ...

FactCheck Posts Social Security Increase Due to Inflation, Not Presidential Action By Lori Robertson Posted on November 3, 2022 ...

The COLA increase goes into effect with December 2022 benefits, which will appear in checks sent out in January 2023. Social Security payments are made on a rolling basis determined by birthdays ...