Social Security Benefits Get a 2.8% COLA. Here's How Much the Average Check Might Increase

The SSA puts the average monthly Social Security retirement benefit before next year's 2.8% COLA at $2,015 per month. Once ...
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Proposed SWIFT Act would increase Social Security benefits for widows, widowers

Benefit caps, legal restrictions and claiming requirements for Social Security would change under the Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment, or SWIFT, Act, announced Wednesday by Sen. Kirsten ...

Social Security benefits could increase by $200 a month — here’s who would qualify

The co-signers of the bill have argued that inflation has pushed prices so far up that seniors need extra help.
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Social Security recipients can expect 2.8% increase in benefit payments for 2026

The Social Security cost-of-living increase will go up by 2.8% in 2026, which translates to an average increase of more than $56 for retirees every month, agency officials said Friday. The benefits ...

With upcoming change, here’s the age you can retire at and receive full Social Security benefits

You can, technically, retire whenever you like, but the age you do it at can have a big impact on collecting Social Security benefits.