On April 9, 2025, a new round of Social Security payments will provide financial relief to millions of older Americans. This ...

Social Security COLA forecasts show a potential 2.3% boost but rising housing and healthcare costs may still erode retirees’ ...

In January, the average retired-worker benefit check totaled $1,978.77. This means TSCL's updated COLA forecast implies a monthly increase of $45.51 in retired-worker benefits for 2026. It would also ...

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Each year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) adjusts the amount of money that recipients receive in benefits, helping ...

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Put simply, a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is a "change in benefits based on changes in the prices of goods and services, ...

Social Security is not designed to be your only source of financial support in retirement. That's why personal savings are ...

April is right around the corner and so too are the next Social Security payments. More specifically, Social Security ...

Social Security benefits increase every year through the annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA). Many retirees have found this increase insufficient, as it may not have fully covered their rising ...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick raised alarm over “fraudsters ... Trump pitched earlier this year — and whether it could be a balance sheet for Social Security, as its trust funds are ...

The agency announced Tuesday that, beginning March 31, those who cannot properly verify their identity over the ... may be harmed." One Social Security recipient, 80-year-old Sandi Bachom of ...