In 2026, Social Security checks are getting bigger. That’s the good news. The bad news, however, is that retirees are likely ...

The second wave of Social Security payments for the month of November is coming this week. Here's what recipients need to ...

Social Security recipients receive cost-of-living adjustments based on prior year price increases. This means seniors spend a ...

As the Social Security Administration's retirement trust fund is bound to become insolvent in under a decade, it proposes to ...

Almost a year ago, I wrote a CounterPunch article on how the social security cost of living increase was eroded by higher charges for Medicare coverage.

Inflation has a way of driving living costs up. That’s why Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, are ...

The monthly premium for Medicare Part B will rise significantly next year from $185 a month in 2025. Here's what it means for ...

It’s official. Medicare costs will eat up much of older Americans’ Social Security cost-of-living increase next year. The ...

Social Security payments for the month of December follow a normal schedule. A 2.8% cost-of-living increase (COLA) starting ...

The SSA puts the average monthly Social Security retirement benefit before next year's 2.8% COLA at $2,015 per month. Once ...

No. For lower-income households receiving Social Security benefits, the $17.90 a month hike in the Medicare Part B premium ...

Looking a bit further back, Social Security's 2.8% raise ties for the ninth-largest year-over-year increase since this century began. It trails the respective COLAs of 3.5% in 2001, 4.1% in 2006, 3.3% ...