Seniors have been waiting with bated breath for this update on their potential 2026 SSA income. Well, it's finally here, but ...

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

The Social Security Administration announced a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026, an increase that will provide ...

The COLA boost is slightly better than earlier estimates, even if we're not talking about a lot of money. But many retirees ...

The Senior Citizens League is predicting a 2.7 percent COLA for 2026. While this would be a slight increase from the 2.5 ...

Key CPI-W data needed to calculate the 2026 COLA will now be announced on Oct. 24. The purchasing power of Social Security benefits has decreased over the years. The government shutdown has affected ...

With inflation continuing to increase, Social Security recipients will receive a slightly higher-than-expected raise. However ...

Social Security recipients will now know when they will receive their cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for the next year. Initially, the date for the 2026 COLA announcement was supposed to be Oct.

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

If not for the government shutdown, Social Security beneficiaries would have discovered the extent of the COLA hike for 2026 when new inflation data was released Oct. 15. In 2025, Social Security and ...

The announcement of Social Security's annual inflation adjustment to benefits has been delayed due to the government shutdown, but the agency responsible for handling the benefit increase has set a ...