Social Security 2026 COLA increase, yet rising Medicare premiums may cut the real gains for millions of retirees.

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) often fail seniors due to a flaw in the way they're calculated. When ...

Retirees may see a 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment in 2026, but rising Medicare costs and inflation could end up shrinking ...

A new legislative proposal, titled the “You Earned It, You Keep It Act,” aims to make all Social Security benefits tax-free starting in 2026. This bill could significantly impact approximately 90% of ...

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The third wave of Social Security payments for the month of September is set to be sent to recipients this week, but as we near the end of 2025, changes to the government program are set to come into ...

Most people who receive Social Security retirement benefits will see their monthly payments in October 2025 as usual — with checks and direct deposits distributed according to the Social Security ...

Social Security does get funding from the government but isn't impacted the same way as other federal services during a shutdown.

Social Security payments for July will soon be distributed on a normal schedule to more than 71 million Americans. However, if you happened to have been overpaid by the Social Security Administration ...