Surveys conducted by The Motley Fool show most retirees found Social Security's COLAs insufficient in 2024 and 2025, meaning the additional income did not completely offset rising prices. The same ...

Social Security benefits increase each year to keep up with rising prices. This yearly boost is called the Cost-of-Living Adjustment, or COLA. For 2026, For 2026, experts expect the COLA to increase ...

Social Security’s COLA history shows volatility and lagging protection. Projections for 2026 suggest a modest 2.7% rise, or ...

Social Security beneficiaries will no longer receive physical benefit checks via mail. Going forward, all recipients need to ...

Retirees must wait another five and a half weeks (give or take a few days) for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to ...

As a new month gets underway, millions of Social Security beneficiaries are set to receive their payments beginning this week ...

Older Americans who want to see by how much their Social Security checks will increase next year may have to wait until the government shutdown ends.

In January 2026, several changes to Social Security will take effect, impacting everything from credits and taxes to benefit checks and full retirement age (FRA) rules. Knowing about these updates ...

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